MGT 7507 Strategic Management

The conceptual review of Strategic Management is all about identification and description of the strategies that managers can carry so as to achieve better performance and a competitive advantage for their organization.  An organization is said to have competitive advantage if its profitability is higher than the average profitability for all companies in its industry.  Strategic management can also be defined as a bundle of decisions and acts which a manager undertakes and which decides the result of the firm's performance.  The manager must have a thorough knowledge and analysis of the general and competitive organizational environment so as to make the right decisions.