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ELEVENTH EDITION
GARY DESSLER
Chapter 3
Strategy
A chosen course of action.
Strategic Plan
How an organization intends to balance its internal
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Formulate new
business &
Mission
statement
Define the
Current
business
Analysis of
external
opportunities
and threats
Translate
Mission into
Strategic goals
Formulate
strategies
Implement
strategies
Evaluate
performance
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the organization
need
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Macroeconomic
analysis
Competitor
analysis
Environmental
Analysis
Human resources
analysis
Political and
regulatory analysis
Social
analysis
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Operations
analysis
Internal
Resource
Analysis
Human resource
assessment
Marketing audit
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Types of Strategies
Corporate-Level
Strategies
Diversification
Strategy
Integration
Strategy
Consolidation
Strategy
Geographic
Expansion
Strategy
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Cost Leadership
Differentiation
Focus/Niche
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what you have and doing more with what you have
can be more important than just fitting the strategic
plan to current resources.
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Corporate
productivity and
performance
improvement
efforts
Expanded role of
employees in the
organizations
performance
efforts
Increased HR
team involvement
in design of
strategic plans
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strategy.
Help establish and execute strategy.
Provide alternative insights.
Are centrally involved in creating responsive and
market-driven organizations.
Conceptualize and execute organizational change.
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Strategic
Planning
Roles
Strategy
Execution
Role
Strategy
Formulation
Role
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system itself
Employee behaviors and competencies that the
companys strategy requires.
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Source: Adapted from Brian Becker et al., The HR Scorecard: Linking People,
Strategy, and Performance (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001), p. 12.
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Translating
Strategy
into HR
Policy and
Basic Model of
Practice
How to Align
How to Align
HR Strategy
and Actions
with Business
Strategy
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