a. (i) Strategic Planning & Control Flashcards

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McKinsey 7 model sub-systems?

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Shared value, Structure, System, Style, Staff, Skills, Strategy

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Value Chain 5 primary activities

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Inbound, Operations, Outbound, Maketing & Sales, Services

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Value Chain 4 support activities

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Infrastructure, HR Management, Technology Development, Procurement

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Strategic Planning three important activities?

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Planning > Control > Decision Making

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5
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What is performance management

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activity organisation carry out lead to organisation goals

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What is performance measurement

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Measure achievement of organisation > working towards organisation goals

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Porters Five Forces meaning and elements

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Level of competitiveness in industry or market. New entrants, substitute, supplier, customers, rivalry

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What is BCG Matrix and determine product at growth rate / market share

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Understanding product positioning in organisation. Star > Question mark? > Cash Cow > Dog

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What is benchmarking

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Making comparison against best practice. Identify gap to make improvement in performance

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Seven stages of benchmarking?

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Objectives > Key measure > Organisation > Measure > Compare > Improve > Monitor

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Types of benchmarking

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Internal > same org, diff process/function (no innovation).. Competitor > other competition (reliable data/accuracy)… Functional > Diff organisation (learn best practice)

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Changing role of MA : Burns & Scapens (three factors)

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Technology. Management Structure. Competition

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What is performance Hierarchy?

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Relationship between missions - goals - objectives and how strategy can be formulated - based on CSF.. measure by suitable KPIs - to determine performance of organisation

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What is CSF

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areas of organisation - to achieve objectives (eg. quality, pricing, service or branding)

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What is budgeting

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tool for planning (allocate resource) and control (budget vs actual)

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Two budgeting style

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Top-down & bottom up

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Types of budgeting

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  1. Incremental 2.Fixed & Flexible budget 3. Rolling budget 4. Zero based budgeting (ZBB)
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What is planning variance

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due to planning error. forecast not accurate or external factors

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WHAT is operational variance

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variance due to actual performance

20
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three management style

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Budget constraint - profit conscious - non-accounting style