9Build strategies - which typically require leaders with strong personal visions for a firm's future, rather than the negotiated compromise of the team-based decision - may be most closely adhered to when implemented in the context of a clear strategic vision of an individual leader, rather than through the practice of decision-sharing.

Q33 
The primary purpose of the passage is to

A) identify some of the obstacles that make it difficult for firms to adhere to their strategic business plans

B) compare two different theories concerning why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plans

C) evaluate the utility of top management decision-sharing as a method of implementing the strategic mission of a business

D) discuss the respective advantages and disadvantages of build and harvest strategies among several large firms

E) examine some of the factors that may affect whether or not firms adhere to their strategic plans