Twelve Keys to Sustainable Company Success

Key 2 Deployment. Mapping the Way

In Chapter 1 we saw how an organization can run directly off a series of cascading Vision and Mission statements. This approach brings substantial savings in bureaucratic costs and increased effectiveness compared to the heavy budget-setting and reviewing processes that are now typical. In Chapter 2 we present the more traditional strategic-planning-actuated management processes which, when done well, will eventually bring the organization close to the Chapter 1 ideal. This traditional process is not “done well” yet at many organizations, and savings are also available when going in this direction. The approach here is more formal than Chapter 1, but the same sorts of goals, measures, consequent actions, and ...