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Assignment:
Strategic Alignment. As we analyzed the Strategic Management Process this semester, we covered strategic analysis, strategy formulation, and strategy execution.
Chapters 5-9 in our textbook covered corporate, international, corporate social responsibility (CSR), business, functional, and 9/7/23, 6:39 PM Final Exam operating strategy formulation and provided us with strategic options at each level.
Chapter 2 discussed the concept of the strategy-making hierarchy which emphasizes consistency across these levels of strategy. The chapter states that strategy formulation "should be cohesive and mutually reinforcing, fitting together like a jigsaw puzzle."
Based on the theories and concepts covered in the textbook and class discussions, please answer the following questions:
A. For a company with a related diversification strategy, which international strategy and CSR school of thought is most aligned from a strategic perspective? Please explain.
B. From a top-down perspective, please provide a menu of the strategic options available to managers as they engage in the strategy formulation process.