When considering emergent strategies, it is important for a firm's managers to a. evaluate each one carefully, using only those that show the most promise. b. ignore strategies that are not the result of a formal planning process. c. substitute emergent strategies for formal plans whenever possible. d. ensure that the chosen strategies are the result of deliberate plans. e. develop the emergent strategies themselves.

a. evaluate each one carefully, using only those that show the most promise

Explanation:

An emergent strategy, as the name suggests, is a type of strategy that was not intended in the initial planning strategy. An emergent strategy is usually necessitated or initiated as a result of a new opportunity or problem that arises that may influence the running of a business either positively or negatively. It is a response to unexpected change in the business environment.

An emergent strategy could either mar or make a company, in other words, an emergent strategy could result in a big disaster or result in a great success, hence, the need for a firm's manager to carefully evaluate each strategy in order to select those ones that have more prospects of leading to the success of the firm.

The correct answer is A. evaluate each one carefully, using only those that show the most promise.

Explanation:

Strategy which is the result of the directives of behaviors and actions that people follow in their execution, both desired and unwanted. Term defined by Henry Mintzberg as opposed to the term deliberate strategy and which is used to describe how the business strategy is formulated and implemented in the context of environmental uncertainty.

The emerging strategy is the result of a discontinuous, irregular, unsystematic and spontaneous strategic execution process, which obeys the behavior and actions carried out by the people involved in the process.