Strategic Business Units – a tool for competitive management

This paper is an attempt to discuss and present some considerations concerning the advantages and relationships involving the adoption of the SBU – Strategic Business Unit concepts and business management in a broad sense. The paper discusses some aspects which must be clarified before a full adoption of the concepts. Based on the literature and the author's experience in business consultancy, the paper suggests a methodological approach which aims to help managers to define, analyse and understand the effects of the adoption of the SBU concepts, considering the typical competitive dimensions (critical success factors) involved in any kind of business.