Once Company Managers Have Decided on a Strategy,the Emphasis Turns

question 64

Multiple Choice

Once company managers have decided on a strategy,the emphasis turns to

• A)converting the strategy into actions and good results.
• B)empowering employees to revise and reorganize value chain activities to match the strategy.
• C)establishing policies and procedures that instruct company personnel in the ways and means of executing the strategy.
• D)developing a detailed implementation plan that sets forth exactly what every department and every manager needs to do to proficiently execute the company's strategy.
• E)building the core competencies and competitive capabilities needed to execute the strategy.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced when holding two or more conflicting thoughts, beliefs, values, or attitudes.

Role-Playing

A teaching or training technique that involves acting out situations or assuming the roles of characters to simulate real-life scenarios.

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes.

Cognitive Dissonance

The mental discomfort experienced by a person who holds contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time.