Risk Involved Strategic Management
Risk Involved Strategic Management
IN OF STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION
Strategic management is a critical process
for achieving long-term organizational
success, but it also involves inherent risks
and challenges. Understanding these risks
is crucial for effective strategic planning
and implementation. Here are some of the
key risks associated with strategic
management
Environmental Risks
Competitor Reactions:
Intense Competition:
Competitors may respond
Fierce competition can
to strategic moves with
lead to price wars,
counter-strategies,
eroding profit margins
impacting the success of
and market share.
your initiatives.
Operational Risks
Execution Challenges:
Supply Chain Disruptions:
Difficulty in implementing External factors like natural
strategies as planned due to disasters or geopolitical
operational inefficiencies, events can disrupt the supply
resource constraints, or lack chain, affecting production
of alignment among and delivery.
employees.
Financial Risks
Capital Constraints:
Investment Risks:
Insufficient funding or
Investments in new markets,
inadequate financial resources
technologies, or products may
can hinder the execution of
not yield the expected returns.
strategic initiatives.
Reputation Public
Risks Perception: Brand Image:
A poorly Failure to
executed meet strategic
strategy or a goals can
decision that negatively
contradicts a impact brand
company's perception
values can and customer
damage its trust.
reputation.
Regulatory and
Compliance Risks
Cybersecurity Threats
Increasing reliance on
Obsolete Technology
technology exposes
Failure to adapt to evolving
organizations to
technologies can result in
cybersecurity risks,
competitive disadvantage.
including data breaches
and cyberattacks.
Human Resource Risks
Political Instability:
Operating in multiple
Currency Fluctuations:
countries exposes
Changes in exchange rates
organizations to
can impact the profitability
geopolitical risks, such as
of international operations.
political unrest or trade
disputes.
Overambitious
Goals
Setting unrealistic or
overly ambitious
strategic objectives can
demotivate employees
and lead to resource
allocation problems
Lack of Flexibility