Types of
Strategies
Chapter Four
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Learning Objectives
1. Identify and discuss eight characteristics of objectives
and ten benefits of having clear objectives.
2. Define and give an example of eleven types of
strategies.
3. Identify and discuss the three types of “Integration
Strategies.”
4. Give specific guidelines when market penetration,
market development, and product development are
especially effective strategies.
5. Explain when diversification is an effective business
strategy.
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Learning Objectives (cont.)
6. List guidelines for when retrenchment, divestiture, and
liquidation are especially effective strategies.
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Long-Term Objectives
The results expected from
pursuing certain strategies
2-to-5 year timeframe
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Varying Performance Measures by
Organizational Level
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The Desired Characteristics
of Objectives
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The Nature of Long-Term Objectives
Objectives
provide direction
allow synergy
assist in evaluation
establish priorities
reduce uncertainty
minimize conflicts
stimulate exertion
aid in both the allocation of resources and the
design of jobs
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Financial versus Strategic Objectives
Financial objectives include growth in revenues, growth in
earnings, higher dividends, larger profit margins, greater
return on investment, higher earnings per share, a rising
stock price, improved cash flow, and so on.
Strategic objectives include a larger market share, quicker
on-time delivery than rivals, shorter design-to-market
times than rivals, lower costs than rivals, higher product
quality than rivals, wider geographic coverage than rivals,
achieving technological leadership, consistently getting
new or improved products to market ahead of rivals, and
so on.
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Not Managing by Objectives
Managing by Extrapolation
Managing by Crisis
Managing by Subjectives
Managing by Hope
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A Comprehensive Strategic-Management
Model
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Types of Strategies
Most organizations simultaneously pursue a
combination of two or more strategies, but a
combination strategy can be exceptionally
risky if carried too far.
No organization can afford to pursue all the
strategies that might benefit the firm.
Difficult decisions must be made and
priorities must be established.
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Types of strategies
Integration
Strategies
Defensive Types of Intensive
strategies strategies strategies
Diversification
strategies
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Types of Strategies
I- Integration:
1- Backward integration (with
supplier)
2- Forward integration (with
distributor)
3- Horizontal integration (with
competitors)
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Types of strategies
II- Intensive:
1- Market penetration (increasing market share, greater
marketing efforts)
2- Product development (new product into existing
market)
3- Market development (existing product into new
market)
III- Diversification:
1- Related diversification
2- unrelated diversification
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Types of strategies
IV- Defensive strategy:
1-Retrenchment (turnaround or
reorganizational strategy)
2- Divestiture
3- Liquidation
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Alternative Strategies Defined and
Exemplified
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Alternative Strategies Defined and
Exemplified
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Levels of Strategies with Persons Most
Responsible
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Integration Strategies
Forward Integration
involves gaining ownership or increased control
over distributors or retailers
Backward Integration
strategy of seeking ownership or increased
control of a firm's suppliers
Horizontal Integration
a strategy of seeking ownership of or increased
control over a firm's competitors
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Forward Integration Guidelines
When an organization's present distributors are especially
expensive
When the availability of quality distributors is so limited as to
offer a competitive advantage
When an organization competes in an industry that is growing
When an organization has both capital and human resources to
manage distributing their own products
When the advantages of stable production are particularly high
When present distributors or retailers have high profit margins
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Backward Integration Guidelines
When an organization's present suppliers are especially
expensive or unreliable
When the number of suppliers is small and the number of
competitors is large
When the organization competes in a growing industry
When an organization has both capital and human resources
When the advantages of stable prices are particularly
important
When present suppliers have high profit margins
When an organization needs to quickly acquire a needed
resource
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Horizontal Integration Guidelines
When an organization can gain monopolistic
characteristics in a particular area or region without
being challenged by the federal government
When an organization competes in a growing industry
When increased economies of scale provide major
competitive advantages
When an organization has both the capital and human
talent needed
When competitors are faltering due to a lack of
managerial expertise
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Intensive Strategies
Market Penetration Strategy
seeks to increase market share for present
products or services in present markets through
greater marketing efforts
Market Development
involves introducing present products or services
into new geographic areas
Product Development Strategy
seeks increased sales by improving or modifying
present products or services
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Market Penetration Guidelines
When current markets are not saturated with a
particular product or service
When the usage rate of present customers could be
increased significantly
When the market shares of major competitors have
been declining while total industry sales have been
increasing
When the correlation between dollar sales and dollar
marketing expenditures historically has been high
When increased economies of scale provide major
competitive advantages
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Market Development Guidelines
When new channels of distribution are available that
are reliable, inexpensive, and of good quality
When an organization is very successful at what it
does
When new untapped or unsaturated markets exist
When an organization has the needed capital and human
resources to manage expanded operations
When an organization has excess production capacity
When an organization's basic industry is rapidly
becoming global in scope
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Product Development Guidelines
When an organization has successful products that
are in the maturity stage of the product life cycle
When an organization competes in an industry
characterized by rapid technological developments
When major competitors offer better-quality
products at comparable prices
When an organization competes in a high-growth
industry
When an organization has strong research and
development capabilities
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Diversification Strategies
Related Diversification
value chains possess competitively valuable
cross-business strategic fits
Unrelated Diversification
value chains are so dissimilar that no
competitively valuable cross-business
relationships exist
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Synergies of Related Diversification
Transferring competitively valuable expertise,
technological know-how, or other capabilities from
one business to another
Combining the related activities of separate
businesses into a single operation to achieve lower
costs
Exploiting common use of a known brand name
Using cross-business collaboration to create
strengths
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Related Diversification Guidelines
When an organization competes in a no-growth or a
slow-growth industry
When adding new, but related, products would
significantly enhance the sales of current products
When new, but related, products could be offered at
highly competitive prices
When new, but related, products have seasonal sales levels
that counterbalance an organization’s existing peaks and
valleys
When an organization’s products are currently in the declining
stage of the product’s life cycle
When an organization has a strong management team
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Unrelated Diversification Guidelines
When revenues derived from an organization's current
products would increase significantly by adding the new,
unrelated products
When an organization competes in a highly competitive or a no-
growth industry, as indicated by low industry profit margins and
returns
When an organization's present channels of distribution can be
used to market the new products to current customers
When the new products have countercyclical sales patterns
compared to present products
When an organization's basic industry is experiencing
declining annual sales and profits
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Unrelated Diversification Guidelines
(cont.)
When an organization has the capital and managerial talent
needed to compete successfully in a new industry
When an organization has the opportunity to purchase an
unrelated business that is an attractive investment
opportunity
When there exists financial synergy
When existing markets for an organization's present products
are saturated
When antitrust action could be charged against an
organization that historically has concentrated on a single
industry
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Defensive Strategies
Retrenchment
Regroups through cost and asset reduction to reverse declining
sales and profits
Divestiture
Selling a division or part of an organization
Often used to raise capital for further strategic acquisitions
or investments
Liquidation
Selling all of a company’s assets, in parts, for their tangible worth
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Defensive Strategies
Retrenchment
occurs when an organization regroups
through cost and asset reduction to reverse
declining sales and profits
also called a turnaround or reorganizational
strategy
designed to fortify an organization’s basic
distinctive competence
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Retrenchment Guidelines
When an organization has a distinctive competence
but has failed consistently to meet its goals
When an organization is one of the weaker
competitors in a given industry
When an organization is plagued by inefficiency, low
profitability, and poor employee morale
When an organization fails to capitalize on external
opportunities and minimize external threats
When an organization has grown so large so quickly
that major internal reorganization is needed
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Divestiture Guidelines
When an organization has pursued a retrenchment
strategy and failed to accomplish improvements
When a division needs more resources to be
competitive than the company can provide
When a division is responsible for an organization's
overall poor performance
When a division is a misfit with the rest of an
organization
When a large amount of cash is needed quickly
When government antitrust action threatens a firm
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Defensive Strategies
Liquidation
selling all of a company’s assets, in parts, for
their tangible worth
can be an emotionally difficult strategy
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Liquidation Guidelines
When an organization has pursued both a
retrenchment strategy and a divestiture
strategy, and neither has been successful
When an organization's only alternative is
bankruptcy
When the stockholders of a firm can minimize
their losses by selling the organization's
assets
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