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Discuss how Rumelt's concept of the "kernel" might align with "SMaC" in Great by Choice.

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Rumelt's concept of the "kernel" aligns with "SMaC" in Great by Choice.
According to Rumelt, a strategy means developing a way to surmount a challenge. Rumelt avers that a good strategy means it must recognize the challenge that needs to be overcome and plan a way to overcome the challenge. For a strategy to be successful, "the kernel" of a good strategy must diagnose, have a guiding policy, and rational or coherent action (a). Rumelt's kernel commences with an assessment of the nature of the challenge in this manner the diagnosis helps clarify the reality. The second part of the ...

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