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Strategic Management and Leadership: Evaluation, Continuous Improvement, and Organizational Culture

Analysis of leadership strategies and cultural factors affecting organizational success.

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    Strategic Management and Leadership: Evaluation, Continuous Improvement, and Organizational Culture 1. This is concerned with tracking a strategy as it is being implemented, detecting problems or changes in its underlying premises, and making necessary adjustments. A. Strategy evaluation B. Strategic implementation C. Strategic control D. Strategic decision - making Correct: The Correct Answer is: C. Managers exhibiting strategic control mainly ask two overarching questions. Is the firm progressing toward the right conclusion? Is the firm performing as expected? If the answers to these questions are not positive, strategic control will allow

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    managers to redirect before things become problematic.

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    2. Strategic surveillance must be kept A. as focused as possible B. as unfocused as possible C. as fast as possible D. internal Correct: The Correct Answer is: B. Strategic surveillance involves a high - level scan of a variety of sources, to see if any industry or firm - related concerns can be found in this manner. Concept: Continuous Improvement Mastery 100% Questions 3 4 5

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    3. This, called kaizen in Japanese, is the process of relentlessly trying to find ways to improve and enhance a company's products and processes from design through assembly, sales, and service. A. CCC21 B. Incremental innovation C. Continuous improvement D. Six Sigma Correct: The Correct Answer is: C. Continuous improvement is utilized in an effort to lower costs, produce higher quality and faster speed in production, and more rapidly answer the

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    concerns of customers and suppliers. 4. CCC21 stands for A. competitive cost competency in the 21st century B. construction of cost competitiveness for the 21st century C. cost chain competition for the 21st century D. continuous cost competitiveness in the 21st century Correct: The Correct Answer is: B. CCC21, or construction of cost competitiveness for the 21st century, is also called kawaita zokin wo shiboru, or “wringing drops from a dry towel” (Pearce & Robinson, 2011, p. 401)

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    5. The DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control) process is relevant to A. CCC21 B. balanced scorecard C. strategic matrix analysis D. Six Sigma Correct: The Correct Answer is: D. Define, measure, analyze, improve, and control is a cycle of continuous improvement that is often used to implement Six Sigma.

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