Strategy Review, Evaluation, and Control

Question 1

“History shows that there are no invincible armies.”

Answer 1

Joseph Stalin

Question 2

“Unless strat eval is performed seriously and systematically, and unless strategists are willing to act on results, energy will be used up defending yesterday.”

Answer 2

Peter Drucker

Question 3

Rumelt’s 4 Criteria

Answer 3

consistency
consonance
feasibility
advantage

Question 4

Future Shock & The Third Wave; “business environments are becoming so dynamic and complex that they threaten people & orgs w future shock, when bature types speed of changes overpower an indiv’s ability and capacity to adapt”

Answer 4

Alvin Toffler

Question 5

“individuals accept change best when they have cognitive understanding of the changes, a sense of control over the situation, and an awareness that necessary actions are going to be taken to implement changes”

Answer 5

Erez and Kanfer

Question 6

“Resistance to change is often emotionally based and not easily overcome by rational argument…”

Answer 6

Hussey and Langham

Question 7

“Successful companies treat facts as friends

and controls as liberating”

Answer 7

Robert Waterman