QUESTION FOUR $[25]$

Operational managers must consider the levels of strategic planning or management. This task can sometimes be intimidating. However, with the rise of sophisticated product development, operations managers should pay heed to strategic planning as this will ensure the efficient progression of growth for the organisation as well as competitive advantage. In strategic decision making, there are several questions that need to be answered.

Joe Mthembu, the Operations Manager of Solar Power was keen to introduce a new product namely, a wind turbine $($an instrument that turns wind energy into electricity using the aerodynamic force from the rotor blades, which work like an airplane wing or helicopter rotor blade$).$

Discuss the questions Joe Mthembu should be asking in the strategic decision$-$making process.