Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts and Cases, 16/e

Part 3 Strategy Implementation

7 Implementing Strategies: Management, Operations, and Human Resource Issues

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Learning Objectives

After studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

1. 7-1. Describe the transition from formulating to implementing strategies

2. 7-2. Discuss five reasons why annual objectives are essential for effective strategy implementation.

3. 7-3. Identify and discuss six reasons why policies are essential for effective strategy implementation.

4. 7-4. Explain the role of resource allocation and managing conflict in strategy implementation.

5. 7-5. Discuss the need to match a firm’s structure ...