hospitality and Tourism Management

Current Trends in Strategic Leadership

Edinburgh Napier University

1. Given the amount of data monitoring and computer power, isn't the world more predictable?
2. What are some characteristics of the 2008-2009 crisis?
3. Which areas and principles can help firms to navigate the current crisis?
4. Which performance criterion in paramount in times of recession?
5. What is the main problem inside many companies regarding shareholder value creation?
6. Which factors explain the corporate disasters of the last decade?
7. If firms are social institutions that must identify with the value of society, then: a. when society's values change, the strategies ans behaviours of firms must change as well. b. there will need to be additional members of society on the board of directors. c. firms have no freedom to make profit. d. shareholders will invest elsewhere if their values are not met.
8. In option theory, an attractive resource is: a. one that can be deployed in different business. b. one that can support alternative strategies. c. the one that is able to generate the largest number of capabilities. d. answer a and b.
9. Ultimately, the only sustainable competitive advantage which matters is: a. the ability to perform better than rivals. b. the ability to be flexible. c. the ability to maintain an acceptable situation in terms of available cash. d. the ability to create new sources of competitive advantage, although this is not very practically helpful.
10. If a business is inherently unpredictable, then: a. only statistical management can achieve excellent results. b. the managerial challenge is to design a structure which is inherently flexible and adaptable.