Riphah International University

Faculty of Management Sciences

Course: MS- Strategic Management Quiz No.__ 2 __
Semester: Spring- 2020 Marks: ___ 10 _____ Time: 15 Min
Name: Jamshed Ahmad CMS: 21080

1- Which of the following are typically seen as being associated with strategic decisions?
a. The organisation's long-term direction
b. The detailed planning of a department's work over the next month
c. The values and expectations of powerful actors in the organisation
d. The scope of the organisation's activities
2- Which strategy is about how to compete successfully in particular markets?
a. Business-level strategy
b. Corporate-level strategy
c. Alliance-based strategy
d. Operational-level strategy
3- A group of managers is considering pricing strategy and differentiation. At which
level of strategy are the managers most likely to be working?
a. Corporate level
b. Operational level
c. Business level
d. Mission and vision
4- An organisation's general expression of its overall purpose is known as its:
a. Objective
b. Vision
c. Goal
d. mission
5- Which of the following terms correctly complete the definition: Operational strategies
are about how the component parts of an organisation deliver strategies in terms of _
_ and _____.
a. People
b. Alliances
c. Mission
 d. Resources
e. Processes
6- Strategy involves:
a. Senior managers and board members
b. Managers at all levels
. c. Senior and middle managers
d. Senior management
7- What are the three main branches of strategy research that make up the study of strategy?
a. Strategy content
b. Strategic context
c. Strategy lenses
d. Strategy processes
8- In the Exploring Strategy Model, what heading is used to cover environment,
capability, goals and culture?
a. Strategic applicability
b. Strategic choices
c. Strategy in action
d. Strategic position
9- A design view of strategy refers to:
a. The pulling together of ideas that develop from different parts of the
organisation.
b. The pulling together of the different decisions made throughout an
organisation, so as to develop a coherent overall strategy.
c. The systematic, rational way in which strategy is always developed in an
organisation.
d. The deliberate positioning of the organisation through a rational, analytic,
structured and directive process.
10- The experience lens suggests that strategies develop:
a. Through the shared assumptions in the organisation, often thought of as the
organisational culture.
b. Through the shared assumptions across similar types of organisations within
an industry (or organisational field).
c. Through the individual experience of a few top managers or strategic planners.
all is correct in Q10