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Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts and Cases, 16/e
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Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts and Cases, 16/e

by Fred R. David, Forest R. David
January 2016
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
132h 28m
English
Pearson
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The Nature of an Internal Audit

All organizations have strengths and weaknesses in the functional areas of business. No enterprise is equally strong or weak in all areas. Maytag, for example, is known for excellent production and product design, whereas Procter & Gamble is known for superb marketing. Internal strengths and weaknesses, coupled with external opportunities and threats and clear vision and mission statements, provide the basis for establishing objectives and strategies. Objectives and strategies are established with the intention of capitalizing on internal strengths and overcoming weaknesses. The internal-audit part of the strategic-management process is illustrated in Figure 4-1 with white shading.

Figure 4-1

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