Purpose – In the last few years the field of strategy implementation has been growing. Much of the current literature explains the “why”. This paper aims to shift the thinking from the “why” to the “how”. Leaders are now beginning to state that they understand that it is important...

Purpose – Safety management systems are created by firms to insure workplace safety while managing acceptable levels of risk. Global competition and the need to assimilate new processes, materials, and technologies, have imparted a more immediate financial and societal imperative in...

Purpose – This paper focuses on not‐for‐profit (NFP) general management competencies and examines the predominant desired knowledge skills and abilities as a key component of general management responsiveness capability in empirically validated strategic success hypothesis. The strategic...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of board of directors on the performance of not‐for‐profit (NFP) organizations. The study also aims to utilize the six dimensions of effective board performance as suggested by Chait et al. , using the theoretical explanations of the resource...

Purpose – Given that most nonprofit organizations are viewed as inefficient and unresponsive, and the survival or growth of the organization is not proof of its ability to improve social conditions, this study aims to examine the nonprofit organization in terms of its ability to be a change...

Purpose – While formulating strategy, managers may commit a series of small and unwitting mistakes the consequences of which accumulate and lead to a big business failure, the type that usually gets a lot of attention from press. These mistakes are akin to committing unforced errors in sport,...

Purpose – This study deals with the results of an investigation to recognize and prioritize key and critical success factors to achieve predetermined goals in strategic plans of SAIPA Press Co., producer of Automobile parts. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, Sirus and Moghaddam...

Purpose – The literature on large firms in developing countries proposes a link between types of capabilities and diversification pattern. It is argued that technological/organizational capabilities lead to related diversification, and by using contact/general capabilities firms (mostly in...

Purpose – This paper seeks to identify the related factors of strategic thinking and their assessment (determining the gap between “importance of the factors”, and “present situation of the factors”) in Benetton Co. branches located in Iran. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Purpose – The aim of this article is to introduce business wargaming as a tool for ex ante strategy evaluation. Reviewing criticism of other approaches, such as scenarios and computer‐based simulations, this article explores whether business wargaming is a suitable response to this...