
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
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SUMMARY
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Strategic Management as a discipline with
a robust body of knowledge, journal, pro-
fessional association, and clear research
agenda evolved since 1980. Prior to 1979,
the discipline was called business policy.
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Initially, the academicians were equating
strategy to the process of planning in busi-
ness organizations, which later became the
art of positioning a firm in a market among
competition.
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The basic model of strategic management
consists of strategy formulation, implemen-
tation, and evaluation. Strategy is not a
unitary concept as it has many dimensions.
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Strategy aims ...