Mintzberg's Notion of "Crafting" Strategies

question 16

Multiple Choice

Mintzberg's notion of "crafting" strategies

• A) is consistent with the view that strategic management is more a science than an art.
• B) contends that firms need to assess their environments, do research, evaluate alternatives, analyze, and then choose a course of action.
• C) suggests that strategic decision making be based primarily on holistic thinking, intuition, creativity, and imagination.
• D) reject strategies that result from subjective imagination in favor of objective analysis.
• E) insists on formality.

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