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Strategic Management

Introduction

Making losses and not meeting set objectives are two issues that all organisations must be wary of . Goals are set to be met and therefore failure in meeting goals is a depiction of problem that are either in the organisation or in its operational environment this can also be said of making losses which is failure to meet a key goal of any business entity which is making profits (Shim , Siegel Dauber 2008 It is therefore important for any

organisation to be aware of its operational environment and the nature of its processes to ease the process of identification of threats and opportunities to ensure effectiveness in operations (Johnson , Scholes Whittington 2008

br 172 ,Entry into any industry segment is a complex process and should be based on factual information since failure in analysing the environment may culminate in the collapse of the business enterprise that may have been avoided had more emphasis been placed on the true nature of the environment (Arussy 2005 ,

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The development of strategies that will ensure opportunities that exist in the operational environment are harnessed effectively is just part of daily logistics and operations . To ensure effectiveness all processes have to be effective and goal oriented (Bryson 2004 ,

. 56 . Success in any business entity is not just measured by the profit margin an organisation achieves in normal economic times but can also be determined by the nature of their operations during financial hard times...