Strategic Management Final Exam

Chapters 5 - 12

33 cards   |   Total Attempts: 186
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
5 Cs of Business Casing
CompleteConsistentConciseNon ContrivedUses Common Sense
Problem Statement
Clear definition of state we are in, state we would like to be in, and benefit we will find in being there (spend 60% of your time here)
Criteria
Set of criteria to be used to locate the optimal solution (10% of time)
Alternatives
Scoping of reasonable solutions where search is broad enough to contain the optimal solution (10%)
Non Financial Analysis
Review of impact of the decisions on operations (5%)
Financial Analysis
Review of financial benefits and costs
Make a Choice
Balance tradeoffs between financial and non-financial accounts (virtually no time - this should come naturally)
5 Total Impact Accounts
Financial effectiveness & efficiencyStewardship of the natural environmentSustainability of the economic environmentSafety of public & employeesService to customer
RISKS
Timing/Cash flow sequenceProject completion riskAssumption ErrorObsolescence
Financial Criteria
Financial returns to stockholdersOperational cost savingsSalvage value of equipmentReduced acquisition cost of assets, good, and servicesAsset value savings
Sustainability Criteria
New employmentEconomic activity benefits
Environmental Criteria
Air emissionsWater emissionsContaminated soilRecycled materials
Social Impact Criteria
AestheticsAreas of cultural, historical, or archaeological significanceQuality of lifeRecreationPublic and worker safetyProgressive Employment
Customer Service Criteria
Quality of products or servicesCash-flow implicationsMarket or one-time impacts to customers' land or propertyChanges to quality of non-core service areas (tech assistance)
NPV
Sum of discounted benefits - sum of discounted costs