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Executing Strategy
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Executing Strategy

by Harvard Business Review
August 2009
Beginner
128 pages
1h 57m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Content preview from Executing Strategy
The Strategic Plan:
Four Key Elements
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8 Executing Strategy
B
efore discussing the strategic planning process, it’s helpful
to understand the elements of a strategic plan—the out-
growth of the planning process. While strategic plans vary, they
generally contain the following components:
Direction statement
Strategic objectives
Priority issues
Action plans
Organizations may use different terms for these components and
may differ in how they describe them. However, most organiza-
tions provide an array of information about their strategy and, in
broad terms, explain how they plan to achieve it.
Direction statement ...
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