Fundamentals of strategy Flashcards
To summarise an organisations strategy in a ‘….. …..’
To summarise an organisations strategy in a ‘strategic statement’
Foucault has been ….. in helping to explain power and knowledge in organizations.
Influential in (doing) sth Foucault has been influential in helping to explain power and knowledge in organizations.
happening gradually, in a series of small amounts:
We plan to make …… improvements to our existing products.
The system requires fundamental reform rather than ….. change.
happening gradually, in a series of small amounts:
We plan to make incremental improvements to our existing products.
The system requires fundamental reform rather than incremental change.
to unite or to hold together as a unit:
His vision is of a world that ……. through human connection rather than rules.
If an argument or theory coheres, all the different stages fit together to form a reasonable whole.
to unite or to hold together as a unit:
His vision is of a world that coheres through human connection rather than rules.
There was no coherence …….. between the first and the second half of the movie.
The situation when the parts of something fit together in a natural or reasonable way:
There was no coherence between the first and the second half of the movie.
to be getting higher or lower:
The government is now claiming that inflation is on a downward ……
to be getting higher or lower:
The government is now claiming that inflation is on a downward trajectory.
the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it:
The government’s record will be subjected to/come under (close) ……. in the weeks before the election.
the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it:
The government’s record will be subjected to/come under (close) scrutiny in the weeks before the election.
the careful and detailed examination of something:
Will the candidates stand up under all that ……?
Will the candidates stand up under all that scrutiny?
very shocking and surprising:
It costs a ……….. $50,000 per week to keep the museum open to the public.
very shocking and surprising:
It costs a staggering $50,000 per week to keep the museum open to the public.
in a way that is very shocking or surprising:
……. expensive
His new wife is …. beautiful.
in a way that is very shocking or surprising:
staggeringly expensive
His new wife is staggeringly beautiful.
to not continue with a system or plan:
They’re considering ……. the tax and raising the money in other ways.
to not continue with a system or plan:
They’re considering scrapping the tax and raising the money in other ways.
to not continue with a system or plan:
We …… our plans for a trip to France.
to not continue with a system or plan:
We scrapped our plans for a trip to France.
to spend the money that a business has earned on improving that business:
All the profits are being ……. back into the company.
to spend the money that a business has earned on improving that business:
All the profits are being ploughed back into the company.
to spend the money that a business has earned on improving that business:
All profit is ….. back into R&D.
All profit is ploughed back into R&D.
most important, because of including or affecting all other areas:
a grand ……. strategy
most important, because of including or affecting all other areas:
a grand overarching strategy
