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Strategic Planning - Implementing and Execution
Strategic planning has no value unless the plans can be implemented and executed properly. Thinking has to be translated into action. Here you find help with implementing your plans and making them come alive.
Bridge the Gap Between Strategy and Tactics: Part 1
By Jonathan Byrnes:
Profitability management, the theme of this column, is all about translating great strategies into sound plans -- and sound plans into effective tactical actions
When logistics beat strategy
By Michael Schrage:
Logistics is certainly an essential part of IMPLEMENTING strategy, but perhaps this article errs a bit, since clearly BOTH are important.
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
By na:
For better or worse, why do so many companies veer off their strategic plan? Look for a disconnect between strategy and how resources are allocated, say Harvard Business School's Joseph L. Bower and Clark G. Gilbert.
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
By Jim Heskett:
In "Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming and How to Prevent Them," the authors contend that a predictable surprise has several discerning characteristics
How to Implement Strategic Planning: Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Values, More
By Susan M. Heathfield:
The strategic planning how-to question strikes at the heart of how to make change of any kind happen in your organization. Start by answering why your organization might want to embark on a strategic planning process. Want to be one of the organizations, in which employees understand the mission and goals? They enjoy a 29 percent greater return than other firms.
: Strategic planning: five rules for implementing your plan - Strictly Business
By Steve Maltzman:
Why do so many of our long-range business plans turn out the same way? Most often it's because we implement these ideas the way we try to run our first marathon. We just grab some shoes and start running without committing to a strategy for reaching our goal.
X-Gap: Using Strategic Planning to Close the Project Execution
By James Murphy:
Teams and organizations are constantly plagued by project execution errors and failures. These failures create an execution gap -- a gap between what an individual and/or team plans to do and what they actually do instead. Just as retention rapidly degrades after learning, so does project execution after strategic planning. So what can be done?
Implementing Your Business Strategy
By Bill Birnbaum:
The biggest mistake businesses make with strategic planning is to not address how it will be implemented, up front. Believe it or not you have to PLAN implementation, even before you have a plan. Or otherwise, the effort is all wasted.
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9-Aug-2013
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