to t least two of your classmates. Strategic management has become very important for todays companies Where strategic management is concerned with the formation, evaluation and implementation of functional decisions that help the organization achieve its goals, it focuses on achieving integration between the functions of management, marketing, finance, production, development, research and information systems for the success of the . organization. The essence of strategic management depends on long-term planning and And the importance of strategic management is reflected in its ability to analyze and meet the challenges facing :departments in the twenty-first century, including but not limited to .Global business and global competition -1 The acceleration of the effects of the driving forces of globalization in various fields of life −2 Emergence of knowledge societies - 3 The tremendous and accelerating qualitative progress in the field of informatics and its radical effects on business -4 activities The escalation of competition locally, regionally and globally −5 Continuous change in the rules of the business game −6 Strategic management can achieve a kind of planned dynamism or some type of positive spiral that drives senior management managers and strategic decision makers in the organization to possess the capabilities and skills of strategic thinking and vision of the future by realizing reality and predicting market changes and rapid response flexible to consumer needs and predicting his behavior in the future