Strategic Control Systems: Performance Monitoring and Organizational Effectiveness

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What is the process of monitoring and correcting a firm's strategy and performance called?
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What are the two types of strategic control?
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Which type of control assesses the ability to respond effectively to environmental changes and asks if the organization is 'doing the right things'?
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What type of control focuses on the appropriate balance of a firm's culture, rewards, and boundaries, asking if the organization is 'doing things right'?
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Which types of controls are necessary conditions for success in an organization?
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Which type of control deals with both internal and external strategic contexts?
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What is the key question of information control regarding the organization's goals and strategies?
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What are the two key issues with information control?
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What are the two types of control systems?
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Which control system is based largely on the feedback approach with little or no action taken to revise strategies until the end of the time period?
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Which control system involves continuously monitoring the environment and identifying trends or events that signal the need to revise strategies?
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What is the traditional approach to strategic control characterized by?
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When is the traditional approach to strategic control most appropriate?
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In the contemporary approach, how are the relationships between strategy formulation, implementation, and control described?
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What components does the contemporary approach to strategic control include?
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What are the benefits of continuous monitoring in strategic control?
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What is behavioral control focused on?
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What are the three key control levers of behavioral control?
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What are boundaries/rules in the context of behavioral control?
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What factors are associated with boundaries/rules in behavioral control?
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How is culture defined in the context of behavioral control?
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What factors are associated with culture in professional organizations?
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What is the definition of rewards in the context of behavioral control?
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What factors are associated with the use of rewards in organizations?
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What is corporate governance in a broader perspective?
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What is the role or purpose of corporate governance?
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Who is part of the modern corporation?
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What does the separation of ownership and managerial control entail?
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What tasks are efficiently specialized in modern public corporations?
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What is the agency theory in the context of corporate governance?
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Who are the principals in the context of agency theory?
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Who are the agents in the context of agency theory?
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When does an agency problem occur?
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What is an example of an agency problem?
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What is the primary means for monitoring the behavior of managers?
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What are the three parts of governance mechanisms?
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What is the role of the Board of Directors (BOD) in corporate governance?
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What is shareholder activism?
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What are some examples of managerial rewards and incentives?
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What are external governance control mechanisms?
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What is organizational culture a system of?
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What does organizational culture shape within a firm?
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What does organizational culture produce?
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What type of boundaries does culture set within an organization?
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What does culture encourage within an organization?
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What does culture act as a means of reducing within an organization?
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What must an effective culture be within an organization?
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What are some methods for maintaining an effective culture?
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What are the roles of reward/incentive systems in an organization?
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What is a downside of having multiple reward systems in different business units?
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What are the effects of having multiple reward systems in subcultures?
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What characteristics do effective rewards/incentives share?
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What is needed to help ensure the achievement of overall organizational goals/objectives?
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What is the purpose of boundaries and constraints in an organization?
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