One effective means of putting the strategic decision-making process into action is through a technique known as the strategic audit. A strategic audit provides a checklist of questions, by area or issue that enables a systematic analysis to be made of various corporate functions and activities. (See Appendix 1.A at the end of this chapter.) Note that the numbered primary headings in the audit are the same as the numbered blocks in the strategic decision-making process in Figure 1–5. Beginning with an evaluation of current performance, the audit continues with environmental scanning, strategy formulation, and strategy implementation, and it concludes with evaluation and control. A strategic audit is a type of management audit and is extremely useful as a diagnostic tool to pinpoint corporate wide problem areas and to highlight organizational strengths and weaknesses.67 A strategic audit can help determine why a certain area is creating problems for a corporation and help generate solutions to the problem. a strategic audit is not an all-inclusive list, but it presents many of the critical questions needed for a detailed strategic analysis of any business corporation. Some questions or even