Identifying the Strategy-Related Issues and Problems That Company Managers Need

question 54

Multiple Choice

Identifying the strategy-related issues and problems that company managers need to address and resolve entails

• A) drawing on what was learned from having analyzed the company's industry and competitive environment.
• B) drawing on the evaluations of the company's own resources, internal circumstances, and competitiveness.
• C) looking in on what challenges/obstacles/roadblocks the company has to overcome in order to be financially and competitively successful in the years ahead.
• D) developing a "worry list" of "how to.....," "whether to.....," and "what to do about......"
• E) All of these.

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