The executives at Red Couture Inc.are developing strategic plans to address plausible future situations like rise in the prices of cotton and synthetic fabrics by 20 percent, appreciation in the value of dollar, increase in the cost of labor by 30 percent, and increase in demand for the company's products.By doing so, the company will be well-prepared with its planned responses if any of these situations occurs in the future.Thus, Red Couture is employing _____ as the approach to the development of strategy.

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Scenario planning asks those "what if" questions. Similar to top-down strategic planning, scenario planning also uses a rational, scientific approach to the strategy process. In addition, in scenario planning managers envision different scenarios, to anticipate plausible futures.

The Executives at Red Couture Inc