EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The origin of the word”strategy”is____
A
British
B
Latin
C
Greek
D
French
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Strategy (from Greek stratēgia, “art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty.

Detailed explanation-2: -The word strategy comes to us from the Greek word, strategos, strictly meaning a general in command of an army ( stratos, army; –ag, to lead).

Detailed explanation-3: -The term “strategy” is derived indirectly from the Classic and Byzantine (330 A.D.) Greek “strategos, ” which means “general.” While the term is credited to the Greeks, no Greek ever used the word.

Detailed explanation-4: -a plan, method, or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result: a strategy for getting ahead in the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bruce D. Henderson’s The Origin of Strategy suggests that businesses follow the same principles as nature using analogies for strategy incorporated from mathematical and evolutionary biology.

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