PPA 265 Test 2 Questions With Correct
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How it differs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-traditional model
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- inward focus (insulated from outside sources)
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- short-term perspective (who accountable to= limited timeline= administrators
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do what executive officials say)
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public management |
- brings focus to longer terms & external environment
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---external env. (itself & env. operating in open system)
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---longer focus= plans look in advance, 5-10 yrs in future.
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define and differentiate strategic management from strategic planning - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-strategic planning- is a formalized process by which an org. makes a
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study/plan of its visions for the future.
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strategic management- the integration of the strategic plan in all management
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systems, Concerned with long-term -Interpreting environmental conditions and
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designing the organization's systems to foster success.
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- differences: - "Strategic planning" is focused on making optimal strategy
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decisions, while "strategic management" is focused on producing strategic results:
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|new markets, new products and/or new technologies.
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- strategic management is more comprehensive, instead of just drawing up a plan,
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|it aims at integrating planning with all the other parts of the org, aiming to
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extend the vision. | |
,- strategic management is also about implementation & organizational culture
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whereas strategic planning is about coming up with a strategy.
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- management has to manage the actual situations whereas the plan is a tool
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used to help them in their decision-making.
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key terms - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-strategy
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- concerned w long term
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- interpreting environmental conditions and designing the organizations systems
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to foster success.
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strategic planning |
strategic planning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a formalized process by which an org.
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makes a study of its visions for the future.
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- a set of concepts, procedures, and tools designed to help leaders, managers,
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and planners think and act strategically.
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strategy entails: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- executive leadership (supports activity,
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want to do this) | | |
- incremental adjustments (change on fly b/c dynamics change)
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- articulation & dissemination of vision (communicate vision so every on board)
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- alignment (everyone=same direction)
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strategic management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a process about long-term
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thinking and the integration of strategic planning in all management systems.
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, - understanding external market opportunities and challenges while creating
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service delivery systems to address the needs & interests of multiple
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stakeholders.
purpose of strategic management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-management focus
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that accounts for changes in the environment & the organizations place within it.
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- technology (donations via internet)
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- markets for services (vaccine hold out)
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- funding sources (grants)
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- competition (this vs. that)
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4 principles of strategic management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- concern w/ long-
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term
- integrating goals/objectives into a coherent hierarchy
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- the process is not self-implementing
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- external perspective
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- aware of political authority
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key areas of consideration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-implementation
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- stakeholders/political context
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organizational culture |
- public orgs., status quo
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complete change of culture | | |
Answers
How it differs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-traditional model
| | | | | |
- inward focus (insulated from outside sources)
| | | | | |
- short-term perspective (who accountable to= limited timeline= administrators
| | | | | | | | |
do what executive officials say)
| | | |
public management |
- brings focus to longer terms & external environment
| | | | | | | |
---external env. (itself & env. operating in open system)
| | | | | | | |
---longer focus= plans look in advance, 5-10 yrs in future.
| | | | | | | | |
define and differentiate strategic management from strategic planning - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-strategic planning- is a formalized process by which an org. makes a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
study/plan of its visions for the future.
| | | | | | |
strategic management- the integration of the strategic plan in all management
| | | | | | | | | | |
systems, Concerned with long-term -Interpreting environmental conditions and
| | | | | | | |
designing the organization's systems to foster success.
| | | | | |
- differences: - "Strategic planning" is focused on making optimal strategy
| | | | | | | | | | |
decisions, while "strategic management" is focused on producing strategic results:
| | | | | | | | |
|new markets, new products and/or new technologies.
| | | | | |
- strategic management is more comprehensive, instead of just drawing up a plan,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|it aims at integrating planning with all the other parts of the org, aiming to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
extend the vision. | |
,- strategic management is also about implementation & organizational culture
| | | | | | | | | |
whereas strategic planning is about coming up with a strategy.
| | | | | | | | |
- management has to manage the actual situations whereas the plan is a tool
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
used to help them in their decision-making.
| | | | | |
key terms - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-strategy
| | | |
- concerned w long term
| | | |
- interpreting environmental conditions and designing the organizations systems
| | | | | | | | |
to foster success.
| |
strategic planning |
strategic planning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a formalized process by which an org.
| | | | | | | | | | |
makes a study of its visions for the future.
| | | | | | | |
- a set of concepts, procedures, and tools designed to help leaders, managers,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
and planners think and act strategically.
| | | | |
strategy entails: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- executive leadership (supports activity,
| | | | | | | | |
want to do this) | | |
- incremental adjustments (change on fly b/c dynamics change)
| | | | | | | |
- articulation & dissemination of vision (communicate vision so every on board)
| | | | | | | | | | |
- alignment (everyone=same direction)
| | |
strategic management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a process about long-term
| | | | | | | |
thinking and the integration of strategic planning in all management systems.
| | | | | | | | | |
, - understanding external market opportunities and challenges while creating
| | | | | | | | |
service delivery systems to address the needs & interests of multiple
| | | | | | | | | | |
stakeholders.
purpose of strategic management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-management focus
| | | | | | | |
that accounts for changes in the environment & the organizations place within it.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
- technology (donations via internet)
| | | |
- markets for services (vaccine hold out)
| | | | | |
- funding sources (grants)
| | |
- competition (this vs. that)
| | | |
4 principles of strategic management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- concern w/ long-
| | | | | | | | | |
term
- integrating goals/objectives into a coherent hierarchy
| | | | | |
- the process is not self-implementing
| | | | |
- external perspective
| |
- aware of political authority
| | | |
key areas of consideration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-implementation
| | | | | |
- stakeholders/political context
| |
organizational culture |
- public orgs., status quo
| | | |
complete change of culture | | |
