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Cody Lindberg, Christian Strategic Thinking In chapter 7 of our textbook we are learning about strategic thinking. The book makes some very good points about how Christians should think, differently, about strategic thinking. In our reading we continue to learn that a Christian leader, in general, will use his/her faith in their managerial positions. Like we sometimes are taught on Sunday, our faith shouldn’t be confined to one day of the week, but should be an integral part of our everyday lives. At the base of our management pyramid in this chapter, our being and becoming consists of being aware of the organization’s values and a commitment to those values. If a strategic manager upholds their religious values, they will view competition differently than the average leader. There is never a perfectly right answer for a manager during the strategic planning process, each decision being made requires the analyzation of trade-offs beforehand. Christian managers’ face many trade-offs: following God’s plan or not, making the most money, upholding the company values, etc. These can be tricky questions for anyone to answer, but a good …show more content…

Thinking leads to analyzing major issues in a SWOT analysis. SWOT stands for (internal) Strengths and Weaknesses, (external) Opportunities and Threats. The SWOT analysis is a continual examination of internal and external issues that a company needs to address in order to be as successful as they can. One extremely useful tool of strategic thinking is synergy. Synergy occurs when the values of two or more revenue producing entities align and by working together their benefits are greater than it would be if these entities worked independently. Synergy can be used to bring internal or external factors into harmony to produce the best

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