Question 1:
(a) Discuss and describe briefly the major key tasks of a typical strategy process.
(b) Describe the significance of strategic tools that might assist to carry out each task.
Question 2:
Many academics and practitioners have dissimilar views on what strategy really means.
(a) Discuss two definitions of strategy from dissimilar thinkers/ authors.
(b) Define and recognize three different levels of strategy.
Question 3:
Using Kraljic’s purchasing portfolio matrix, discuss and describe how you might develop sourcing strategies for the organisation that is known to you.
Question 4:
(a) What do you understand by the term strategic alignment?
(b) Describe the significance of strategic alignment between supply chain and corporate strategies.