$4.$ Business$-$Level Strategy Implementation

The business$-$level strategies that managers choose to adopt have implications for every area of the organization. A manufacturing company has hired you as its new chief strategy officer because you have a deep understanding of how organizations implement business strategy.

Answer the following questions.

If the company uses Porter$$s differentiation strategy, what should operations emphasize?

Ensuring that the products customers want are available

Ensuring that production is set up to enable the efficient manufacture of large quantities of product

Ensuring that resources are permitted to flow toward innovation of future products

Ensuring that the products the company sells are easy to make

If the company has decided to use Miles and Snow$$s prospector strategy, which of the following actions would best support this strategy?

Use controls to ensure that new ideas are pursued only if risk is low.

Adopt a flat, decentralized organization design.

Develop a culture that values cost consciousness.