Cash Cows represent the organization’s best long-run opportunities for growth and
profitability.
Major competitors’ weaknesses can represent internal opportunities.
Strategies may be inconsistent if policy problems and issues continue to be brought to
the top for resolution.
In the last five years, the position of chief strategy officer (CSO) has diminished so
drastically that today it is almost unheard of for companies to have such a position on
staff.
Contingency plans are alternative plans that can be put into effect if certain key events
do not occur as expected.
The most complex of all organizational structures is a matrix structure.