This document provides an overview of business strategy concepts including:
- Strategy involves understanding what, why, when, how, where, and who related to a business.
- There are three levels of management - corporate, business unit, and functional - for developing strategy.
- The strategic management process involves three stages - formulation, implementation, and evaluation.
- A comprehensive model shows the inputs, outputs, and feedback loops in the strategic management process.
- External and internal audits are key inputs to understand the environment and a business's resources.
- Strategies must adapt to the interplay between controllable internal factors and uncontrollable external factors.