Solutions for Strategic Management: Theory & Cases An Integrated Approach, 14th Edition Hill (All Chapters included)
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Complete Solutions Manual for Strategic Management: Theory & Cases An Integrated Approach, 14th Edition by Charles W. L. Hill, Melissa A. Schilling ; ISBN13: 9780357716625....(Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 12)...1. Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Ana...
Strategic Management: Theory &
Cases An Integrated Approach,
14th Edition by Charles W. L. Hill
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Hill/Schilling, Strategic Management: Theory and Cases, Core ISBN: 9780357716670; Chapter
1: Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter ................................................................................................... 2
Chapter Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 2
Complete List of Chapter Activities and Assessments............................................................................. 3
Key Terms ................................................................................................................................................... 3
What's New in This Chapter ..................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter Outline .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Discussion Questions ................................................................................................................................. 22
Closing Case .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Appendix .................................................................................................................................................... 26
Generic Rubrics ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Standard Writing Rubric ......................................................................................................................... 26
Standard Discussion Rubric .................................................................................................................... 27
,PURPOSE AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHAPTER
This chapter is an introductory chapter. Its purpose is to define critical concepts and introduce the main
components of the strategic leadership and management process. This chapter serves to establish the
context within which subsequent chapters fit.
Chapter 1 begins with a discussion of the concept of strategy. The strategies an organization pursues have
a major impact upon its performance relative to its peers. The firm’s top managers have direct
responsibility for choosing strategies that will lead to superior performance and provide competitive
advantage.
Next, the chapter equates superior performance with profitability for profit-seeking enterprises. Sustained
competitive advantage occurs when a firm is able to maintain above-average profitability over an
extended period of time. Strategic management is just as crucial to nonprofits as it is to profit-seeking
businesses. Much of this book is about identifying and describing the strategies that managers can pursue
to achieve superior performance and provide their company with a competitive advantage. The book will
provide a thorough understanding of the business model analytical techniques and skills necessary to
identify and implement strategies successfully.
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
The following objectives are addressed in this chapter:
1.1 Define strategic leadership.
1.2 Discuss leadership and its relationship to superior performance.
1.3 Explain what is meant by “competitive advantage.”
1.4 Discuss the strategic role of managers at different levels within an organization.
1.5 Identify the primary steps in a strategic planning process.
1.6 Examine the criticisms of strategic planning.
1.7 Review the practice of strategic planning.
1.8 Explain strategic decision making and the cognitive biases that might lead to poor strategic decisions.
1.9 Discuss the characteristics of strategic leaders.
, COMPLETE LIST OF CHAPTER ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENTS
Refer to the Learning Objectives Mapping document, posted on the online resources, for a comprehensive
guide to how this chapter's learning activities and assessments support the learning objectives.
Chapter PPT slide Activity/Assessment Duration
Objective
Opening Case 15 min
1.1 6 Knowledge Check 1.1 < 5 min
1.3 15–16 Discussion Activity 1 5–10 min
1.5 32 Polling Activity < 5 min
1.6 36–37 Discussion Activity 2 5–10 min
1.7 42 Group Activity 10–20 min
1.8 47 Knowledge Check 1.2 < 5 min
1.1–1.9 50 Self-Assessment 15–30 min
1.1–1.9 End-of-Chapter Discussion Questions 45 min
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KEY TERMS
Availability error: A bias that arises from our predisposition to estimate the probability of an outcome
based on how easy the outcome is to imagine.
Business model: The conception of how strategies should work together as a whole to enable the
company to achieve competitive advantage.
Business unit: A self-contained division that provides a product or service for a particular market.
Cognitive biases: Systematic errors in decision making that arise from the way people process
information.
Competitive advantage: The achieved advantage over rivals when a company’s profitability is greater
than the average profitability of firms in its industry.
Confirmation bias: Refers to the fact that decision makers who have strong prior beliefs tend to make
decisions on the basis of these beliefs, even when presented with evidence that their beliefs are wrong.
Devil’s advocacy: A technique in which one member of a decision-making team identifies all the
considerations that might make a proposal unacceptable.
Dialectic inquiry: The generation of a plan (a thesis) and a counterplan (an antithesis) that reflect
plausible but conflicting courses of action.
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