Developing Strategic Alternatives

        Order Description       Question 1. What four types of strategies make up the strategy formulation process? Describe the role each plays in developing a strategic plan. Question 2, Why are the directional strategies both a part of situational analysis and a part of strategy formulation? Question 4. Name and describe the expansion, reduction, and maintenance of scope strategies, which of the adaptive strategies are corporate and which are division level? Under what conditions may each be appropriate? Question 7. What is a market-driven of focused factory strategy? Identify some organizations that have employed this type of market development strategy. Question 9. Describe vertical integration in terms of patient flows?