Instruction
1. In 250 words, please discuss: Strategic leaders must make sure that the firm maximizes its core competencies. Discuss how strategic leaders can achieve this task.
2. In 250 words, please discuss: Strategic leaders develop the firm’s strategic direction. The strategic direction specifies the image and character of the firm. Discuss how the ethics of the strategic leaders affect the image and character of the firm.
3. In 500 words and minimum of three peer reviewed references: Write a paper about effective leadership and the five key leadership actions: determining the firm’s strategic direction; effectively managing the resource portfolio; sustaining an effective organizational culture; emphasizing ethical practices; establishing balanced organizational controls.
Book used: Hitt,H. A.,Hoskisson, R. E.,&Ireland,R. D. (2017). Strategicmanagement: Concepts and cases:competitiveness and globalization(12thed.).Boston, MA: Cengage.ISBN: 9781305502147