Discuss how a firm's orientation is related to the development of its strategic plan.

What will be an ideal response?


Through the process of strategic planning, a company establishes an organizational mission and formulates goals, a corporate strategy, marketing objectives, and a marketing strategy. A market orientation should guide the process of strategic planning to ensure that a concern for customer satisfaction is an integral part of the entire company, leading to the development of successful marketing strategies and planning processes.

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Because of the technical nature of the products, industrial product purchases are more likely to be based on:

A) cost rather than features. B) features rather than benefits. C) cost rather than benefits D) benefits rather than features.

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Most major projects require budget and completion stage revisions at certain intervals due to their inherent uncertainty.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following is an important guideline for the writing of real-life ethical dilemmas by workshop participants?

a. Limit dilemmas to those occurred at the current company. b. The scenario should be first-person. c. There should be no more than five possible solutions/responses. d. They should total one page or less in length.

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Annual after-tax corporate net income can be converted to annual after-tax cash flow by

a. Deducting the quantity [(1-t) x depreciation deduction], where t is the corporate tax rate. b. adding back the quantity (t x depreciation deduction), where t is the corporate tax rate. c. deducting the depreciation amount. d. adding back the depreciation amount.

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