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Strategy Implementation
Glueck-Strategy implementation is the assignment and reassignment of corporate and SBU leaders to match the strategy Steiner-The implementation of policies and strategies is concerned with the design and management of systems to achieve the best integration of people, structures, processes and resources, in reaching the organizational purpose.
STRATEGY FORMULATION
(THOUGHT)
STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
(ACTION)
Intended strategy
Deliberate strategy
Realised strategy
Unrealised strategy
Emergent strategy
Based on H. Mintzberg: Pattern in strategy formation Management Science May 1978; 24, 9, p. 945.
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STRATEGIC PLAN
FEEDBACK
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STRATEGY PLANS PROGRAMMES PROJECTS BUDGETS POLICIES, PROCEDURES, RULES AND REGULATIONS
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Project implementation
A project is the basic unit of a programme. A programme is a portfolio of projects that may be interrelated and interdependent in complex ways. Several programmes are required to implement a plan. A number of plans are involved in implementing a strategy.
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STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
CONTROL MEASURES
INITIATING
PLANNING
EXECUTING
CONTROLLING
CLOSING
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Procedural implementation
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business environment.
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Resource allocation
Resource allocation deals with the procurement, commitment, and distribution of financial, human, informational, and physical resources to strategic tasks for the achievement of organisational objectives.
Strategic budgeting: Top down approach, bottom up approach Aligning resource allocation to strategy: Challengesmisallocation of resources, trade-offs, focus on objectives, clear strategic intent Factors affecting resource allocation: objectives of the org., preference of dominant strategies, internal politics, external influences Difficulties in resource allocation: scarcity of resources, restrictions on generating resources, overstatement of needs, tendency to imitate competitors.
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