Functional strategy - organizational plans prepared for various functional areas of a company's organizational structure (e.g., marketing strategy, financial strategy, production strategy etc.). Functional strategies can be part of overall corporate strategy or serve as separate plans of strategy cascading/implementation within a functional area. Functional strategy - organizational plans prepared for various functional areas of a company's organizational structure (e.g., marketing strategy, financial strategy, production strategy etc.). Functional strategies can be part of overall corporate strategy or serve as separate plans of strategy cascading/implementation within a functional area.