Understanding the Strategic Hierarchy – Using GE as an Example

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 To help understand how the strategic hierarchy model helps us understand how the concept of strategy differs between levels in an organization, let’s look at one of the world’s largest and most diversified companies, General Electric (GE).The following model shows the generic strategic hierarchy model often found in marketing strategy textbooks.The diagram below shows the […]

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Difference between marketing strategy and tactics

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 It is sometimes confusing distinguishing between strategies and tactics as they refer to interdependent aspects of marketing activities. Basically, strategy refers to major decisions that impact the competitive position of a firm, whereas tactics are the activities that support and deliver the strategy.As an example, one aspect of a firm’s strategy could be to build

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Examples of strategic hierarchy decisions

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 The strategic hierarchy relates to large firms only. They own multiple businesses and will structure their strategic decisions accordingly. Below is a list of examples of strategic hierarchy decisions. This is important to understand as different types of marketing and strategic decisions are made at different levels in the organization. In other words: strategy means

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Difference between Marketing and Financial Goals

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 Marketing strategy is designed to deliver short-term financial and marketing goals and to build and strengthen the firm’s competitive advantages over time. A firm that has significant competitive advantages will enjoy greater profitability and stability of performance.Difference between short and long-term marketing goalsMarketing strategy is expected to deliver short-term (usually within one year) results and

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The GLAD Model of Marketing Strategy

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 Marketing strategy is designed to deliver short-term financial and marketing goals and to build and strengthen the firm’s competitive advantages over time. A firm that has significant competitive advantages will enjoy greater profitability and stability of performance. An excellent way to understand this concept is through the GLAD model of Marketing Strategy. This is an

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The difference between advertising and integrated marketing communications

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 When I was a marketing student, a long time ago, I did not study integrated marketing communications. Instead, I studied advertising and sales management as separate subjects. That was the way it was taught in university and that was the way it was practiced in real organizations. (In the sales/promotion era of marketing.)For most of

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Controllable factors for new product failure

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 There are multiple reasons why new products will fail to be successful in the marketplace. There is a separate article that outlines the numerous reasons for new product failure, along with some discussion. However, the purpose of this article is to discuss the degree to which each of these factors are controllable prior to be

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