The first step in the strategic management process is to establish a mission and vision for your organization. When establishing an organizations mission, the intention is to display and express the justification of your business. Furthermore, the vision should explain what the organization plans to accomplish and become in the future (Kinichi and Williams, 2016).
Conducting a current reality assessment would be step two of the strategic management process. In this step, one would assess the process of their organization and evaluate what is working and what is not; as well as, what changes could be made to increase efficiency and effectiveness within the organization (Kinichi and Williams, 2016).
Formulating a grand strategy is the third step
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In this step, upper echelons of management would conduct an analysis of lower level personnel and structure to ensure that the proper means of carrying out the strategy are in place (Kinichi and Williams, 2016).
The last step of the strategic management process is the maintaining of strategic control. This is commonly achieved by closely monitoring the progress and failures of current policies, budgets, and personnel arrangements. Once an action is deemed to be required, management uses what is known as a feedback loop to find the point of deterioration within the policy, or budget in order to make appropriate adjustments (Kinichi and Williams,
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Due to the financial benefits, the railroad companies that my employer holds contracts with are likely to continue renewing the contracts time and time again. In doing so, the railroad company is relieved of the obligation to employee hundreds of individuals and provide them 401k packages and health insurance. Furthermore, the market for signal contractors, such as my employer, is slim and the organization that I work with is one of the largest in the nation. This gives my employer the advantage of a weak rivalry market. However, accidents do happen, and, in the railroad industry, accidents are costly. While there are many safety protocols in place to check and triple check all signals, very rarely, my employer does experience a failure. While it is human error, these type of instances places the entire contract in jeopardy of being void. Another external threat to my employer is that the railroad industry continues to place heavy and more costly obligations into new contracts which effectively is pricing my employer out of his own
To achieve its long-term objectives that would enable an organization, strategic or institutional management is the conduct of implementing, evaluating cross-functional decisions and drafting. In order to design and achieve these objectives and then allocating resources to implement the programs, projects, plans and policies, it is the process of specifying the organization’s objectives, mission and vision, developing policies and plans, often in terms of projects and programs. Companies often evaluate the overall performance of the business and its progress towards objectives through a balanced scorecard.
One of the first steps in developing an organization is to develop the vision, mission and philosophy of the organization. Vision statements are used to define the goals of an organization. The mission statement of an organization is a brief
Comcast is the leading cable telecommunications and Entertainment Company in the industry. Their strengths lie in their products and the will to explore and improve with their services. They always continue to provide customers with new and improved services and continue to build on existing services. Comcast is the fourth largest cable company in the world and served customers in 39 states with over 24.7 million cable customers. (Comcast, 2008). The chart below shows the amount of subscribers in the country:
Strategic planning within a company is a tool used in companies that help mature areas in total quality management. This type of planning creates a cohesive management system for lower level employees to better adapt in. “Strategic planning determines where an organization is going over the next year or more and how it 's going to get there. Typically, the process is organization-wide, or focused on a major function such as a division, department or other major function”(McNamara, 2008). In order to plan effectively one must first make a clear assessment of the plan and have an analysis on the corporations mission statement and objective.
The planning process begins with a situation analysis of the external and internal forces affecting the organization. This examination helps identify and diagnose issues and problems and may bring to the surface alternative goals and plans for the firm. Next, the advantages and disadvantages of these goals and plans should be evaluated against one another. Once a set of goals and a plan have been selected, implementation involves communicating the plan to employees, allocating resources, and making certain that other systems such as rewards and budgets are supporting the plan. Finally, planning requires instituting control systems to monitor progress toward the goals.
(1) The management team must adopt a strategic management plan. First of all, they have to develop a clear vision and a mission statement to inspire and motivate all the frameworks for the company’s future strategic planning. According to “Mission Statements and Vision Statement” (2011), “by crafting a clear mission statement and vision statement, you can powerfully communicate your intentions and motivate your team or organization to realize an attractive and inspiring common vision of the future” (p.1). The management team should create a mission statement that describes the company’s purpose and primary objective. For the vision statement, it should include the company’s value and purpose of the company. With a clear vision and mission statement, management and employees would be able to follow the right direction as a team. They also need to define “who their customers are, what products and services it supplies, and how these products and services are provided” (BUSN 460 Week 1 video, slide 3).
Coors Brewing Company is one of the most successful brewing company's in the United States. The organizations clear Mission Statement and Vision Statement assist the company in achieving their goal of being one of the most successful brewing companies in the world. In the following text, a review of the mission and vision statement of Coors Brewing Company will be discussed. The group will also determine if Total Quality Management is an objective for them and indentify what impact globalization may or may not have on Coors management positions. Finally the group will reveal how globalization does or does not increase the complexity of total quality management for Coors.
The First aspect to consider the Objectives and Goal-Setting that help to clarify the vision of the business. Important facts to consider in this step is to define the short and long objectives, set the actions that help to accomplish the objectives and last distribute the task among employees. In addition is necessary for this step to write the mission statement and communicate the goal with shareholders and staff. The second aspects were Analysis which consists in gathering the necessary information and data that will allow to accomplish the vision and help the business to grow. In addition, at this stage is important to identify the strength and weakness of the company. The third aspects were Strategy Formulation which is the process where information is a review, and business resources are identified. The Fourth aspect is Strategy Implementation, this stage is critical to the business because it is the action stage so if the strategy implemented did not work new structure installed at the beginning of this stage will overcome the issue. Employees within the organization also must be aware of their responsibilities, duties, and goals. Evaluation and Control are the last aspects to take into account and consist of review the internal and external issues and set corrective issues. A good evaluation begins by defining the parameters to be measured, monitoring internal and external take corrective actions that will move the company forward. Indeed, “the success of monitoring depends on the initial quantitative objective used in the plan’s development” (Berkowitz 2017, page
In this process, the activities performed are evaluated to determine if the corporation’s goals are being achieved by the strategies that are chosen. If the results are not satisfactory compared to pre-defined standards, management must take correctives actions to adjust the issues. This strategy stimulates the ongoing process of improving performances within the corporation. Since the environment is constantly changing, it is
b. Step 2: Assess organization capabilities. Evaluate the organization’s ability to implement the strategic tasks. A task force typically interviews employees and managers to identify specific issues that help or hinder effective implementation. Then the results are summarized for top management. In the course of your career, you will likely be asked to participate in a task force.
In strategic management some of the most important considerations are to be aware of the current operations, the
The organizations that will be discussed are Century 21 Powerhouse Realty where I am employed at as a real estate agent and the Disney organization, which is an organization that has adopted total quality management. In the following paragraphs I will evaluate my organization’s mission, vision, goals, and objectives as well as discuss the relationship
The strategic management process is based on the belief that businesses should continually monitor internal and external events so timely changes can be made. To survive, firms must be able to identify and adapt to change. This involves timely planning, directing, organizing and controlling of the strategy-related decisions and actions of the firm (Camerer, 195-219).
Crafting such a strategic vision and mission is first on Lussier and Achua’s (2016) list of the strategic management process breakdown. Knowing the three directional parts (where the organization was, where it is currently, and where it would like to go) is absolutely vital for the strategic leader to create clear vision and mission statements. (The vision statement is the future aspiration, whereas the mission statement surrounds the present purpose of the organization.)
Thru the course I have learned that Strategic Management builds on many processes and that various companies and organizations with diverse backgrounds can teach us valuable lessons. To be on the lookout for what can be considered a beneficial development in an organization or perhaps what can be a bad plan plausibly implemented at the wrong time.