Fundamentally, there are four different approaches to do formal strategic planning. The approaches are:- 1. Top-Down Approach 2. Bottom-Up Approach 3. Mixture of the Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches 4. Team Approach. 1. Top-Down Approach: In a centralised company, such planning is done at the top of the corporation and the departments and outlying activities are advised straightway what to do. [...]
The problem of determining competitive strategy of a firm is that of finding the right product-market-sales approach combination for effective accomplishment of its objectives in each field of endeavour specified in the organisation mission and deriving associated goals in the various functional areas of the business. The choice of a particular strategy is possibly the most critical in the competitive [...]
The strategy adopted by a firm, for the purpose of evaluation as to its effectiveness, should be judged against the following criteria and allied aspects:- 1. Functional Evidence 2. Realism and Practicality 3. Consistency in Direction 4. Assumptions Validity 5. Contingencies Recognition 6. Appropriateness. Criteria # 1. Functional Evidence: (i) What are the performance indicators—quantitative and qualitative—identified for scrutiny? (ii) [...]