Week 12: Interactive Activity
12.1. Content Introduction
Learning Outcomes
- Understand issues related to strategic competitive advantage in diversified organizations
- Gain insights into the strategy-making processes of different types of organizations
12.2. Reading
Required
Chapter 10. strategy implementation: staffing and Directing
Chapter 11. Evaluation and control
Textbook: Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, D., Hoffman, A. N., & Bamford, C. E. (2014). Concepts in strategic management and business policy (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: 9780133126129 (print), 9780133126433 (e-text)
Recommended
de Menezes, A. A., Soares, C. L. M., Poz, M. R. D., & Pinto, I. C. M. (2022). Application of the workload indicators of staffing need method to calculate the size of the medical staff at a maternity hospital in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Human Resources for Health, 19.
Steinmann, H. (2008). Towards a conceptual framework for corporate ethics: problems of justification and implementation. Society and Business Review, 3(2), 133148.
Egbunike, P., & Unamma, A. (2017). BUDGETING, BUDGETARY CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: Evidence from Hospitality Firms in Nigeria. STUDIES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES. ECONOMICS EDITION, (26).
12.3. Test your knowledge (Max 100 words for every question)
Question 1
How can corporate culture be changed?
Question 2
When should someone from outside a company be hired to manage the company or one of its business units?
12.4. Instructions
- Answer both questions in the test your knowledge section.
- Post your answer in the discussion board using the discussion link below (week 11: interactive learning activity).
