Abstract

Today’s tourism environment is increasingly competitive, so strategic management is a fundamental process that every company must implement to evaluate the business, define goals, develop strategies and identify resources for their realization. Due to the pandemic, the tourism sector is facing new challenges to stay in the market. Therefore, we propose a strategic management model to improve the competitiveness of tourism companies. We used the survey technique to collect information regarding the variables strategic management and competitiveness with its dimensions change management, staff training, service quality, differentiation and technology management, which was addressed to 20 managers in the sector resulting in a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.823. The results show that 60% of managers indicate that the change management capacity of their companies is regular. The results show that 60% of managers indicate that the change management capacity of their companies is regular. 55% indicate that the training of tourism personnel is regular, 60% express that the differentiation strategy of their company is bad. These results reflect that Canete tourism companies must implement strategic management for the development of productive capacities for their organizations, improving competitiveness through new products, services and processes

Highlights

  • Strategic management is an essential tool for the analysis and assessment of the company since it allows managers to develop, formulate and evaluate strategies for the optimization of the resources of each area in the company (Eliécer & Herrera, 2011)

  • Strategic management directs the actions of the company towards success by promoting the necessary changes and overcoming obstacles reflecting the growth of competitiveness and productivity in the company (Stratec, 2019)

  • A questionnaire was used about the independent variable strategic management model through the indicators that are: change management and personnel training, with a total of 8 questions and the dependent variable competitiveness that contains the indicators: service quality, differentiation and technological management with a total of 12 questions

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Introduction

Strategic management is an essential tool for the analysis and assessment of the company since it allows managers to develop, formulate and evaluate strategies for the optimization of the resources of each area in the company (Eliécer & Herrera, 2011). One must have the ability to interpret information, make decisions to remain in a competitive market and lead the company on the path to success benefiting partners, staff and customers. Strategic management directs the actions of the company towards success by promoting the necessary changes and overcoming obstacles reflecting the growth of competitiveness and productivity in the company (Stratec, 2019). The tourism sector is affected by constant changes and lack of knowledge about what the future of tourism destinations holds. In order to achieve good management, the competitive position of tourism destinations must be guaranteed in relation to their management and planning (Quintana, 2019). Statistical information and economic reports reduce uncertainty and help in decision-making for the proper management of tourism destinations

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