who does strategy — the CEO? Only the CEO? The upper echelon? Line Department Managers? Staff Department Managers? Operational Unit Managers? Or, does everyone do it? And what do they do??? Mention long-term and short-term in your response.

In this regard, what is the role of the role of the Board of Directors — should they be very involved (overly involved)? Or, should they rubber-stamp everything that management puts forth?  What does Sarbanes-Oxley say about Board involvement?

Strategy is about asking the right questions:

What must managers do, and do well, to make a firm a winner in the marketplace?
Strategy requires getting the right answers:
Good strategic thinking and good management of the strategy-making, strategy-executing process.
First-rate capabilities and skills in crafting and executing strategy are essential to managing successfully.

Is that all that strategy is about???

Take a piece of this intro and “run” with it! Use some real-life examples — use Google, if necessary — discuss your job; discuss your former job; what about the job(s) of your parent(s); or any organizations that you’ve read about; etc., etc., etc.!