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Getz, Gary; Lee, Joe - In: Business Strategy Series 12 (2011) 6, pp. 303-307

resources in managing the implementation of the strategy as they do in setting the strategy. They also do not realize that … pillar approach addresses the direction, structure, and people required to be effective in strategy implementation over the … should develop implementation plans that specifically address the following issues to execute their strategy effectively …

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A rolling stone gathers no moss: prevent your strategic plan from stagnating

Myrna, John W. - In: Business Strategy Series 13 (2012) 3, pp. 136-142

engage in more effective strategic planning and successful implementation of the shared strategic vision. Findings … “living document”, and then take specific steps to keep the implementation of that plan on track. Originality/value – The … use for successful implementation of a strategic plan. …

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Good selection is route to sustaining success

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 10 (2002) 3, pp. 8-10

Any organization can only be as strong as the collective strengths of the individuals within the set‐up. As statements of the obvious go, that must rank pretty high. It follows, of course, that sustaining that strength through succession planning should be of prime importance to companies...

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Evaluating improvement programs

In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 3, pp. 10-12

While many companies continually seek to improve their organizational practices or market positions through improvement programs and quality initiatives, very few actually make the effort to evaluate the effectiveness of such measures. Despite the obvious benefits, not many organizations...

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How NTT DoCoMo created Japan’s mobile Internet

In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 11, pp. 18-20

In 1996, Koji Oboshi, president of NTT DoCoMo, foresaw that the demand for new mobile phones would soon peak unless mobiles were developed with new capabilities and services so that consumers would trade in their old mobile for a new, improved one. NTT DoCoMo is Japan’s leading mobile...

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What makes a strategy work? : Some measures towards successful implementation

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 11, pp. 4-6

“It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it – that’s what gets results”: words from a 1980s pop song that also happen to be sound business advice. After all, merely having a good strategy does not guarantee success. It must also be properly implemented. And with one study...

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How Chase Manhattan made BPR fit the bill : Is the status quo an option?

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 2, pp. 25-27

The idea that businesses faced with the need for radical change should eschew performance improvement projects is clearly nonsense. However, it has been estimated that almost 70 percent of re‐engineering projects fail. In the face of such statistics pessimists might be inclined to opt for the...

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Implementing a strategy successfully

De Feo, Joseph A.; Janssen, Alexander - In: Measuring Business Excellence 5 (2001) 4, pp. 4-6

This is the third in a series of articles on strategic deployment and identifies the necessary steps to take in deploying the process. Describes ten such steps for corporate strategy to become an integral part of an organization’s culture: establishing a vision; agreeing on a mission;...

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Implementing global marketing strategy : An interview with Whirlpool Corporation

Ronkainen, Ilkka A.; Menezes, Ivan - In: International Marketing Review 13 (1996) 3, pp. 56-63

Whirpool Corporation is the world’s leading marketer of major appliances. Its growth in the last ten years from a mostly domestic manufacturer to a global player is the result of a customer‐driven strategy adopted in which the company’s strengths are leveraged for growth around the world....

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Getting to clarity: new ways to think about strategy

Dobni, C. Brooke; Klassen, Mark; Sands, Drummond - In: Journal of Business Strategy 37 (2016) 5, pp. 12-21

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer an opinion of current strategic thinking in North American organizations. By doing so, the paper presents a strategic model organizations can use that focuses on clarity. Design/methodology/approach The opinion and strategic framework was informed by...

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