February 3, 2015
by Dagmar
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Effectiveness and Efficiency – there is still a bit of confusion about this pair of terms. Sometimes, they are used interchangeably. The distinction seems to be a bit blurring. I guess one part of the problem is that these terms … Continue reading
January 18, 2015
by Dagmar
Comments Off on How to overcome obsolete beliefs in strategic thinking
Is your strategic thinking influenced by obsolete beliefs? This is probably not the first question that comes to mind in the context of strategic planning. However – that may be a mistake: Each strategic analysis makes some assumptions about elements … Continue reading
January 3, 2015
by Dagmar
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Not to have a strategy is an oxymoron. Of course, there are businesses that seem to have no strategy at all. Some even have declared that they will operate without one. But do these businesses really have no strategy? The … Continue reading
September 29, 2014
by Oliver
Comments Off on Strategy and execution – current findings
In the field of strategy a lot of research and analysis has been undertaken in the last couple of years. Having this in mind I was looking for some research results which would indicate whether “things” have improved. Strategic planning … Continue reading
September 18, 2014
by Oliver
Comments Off on Do you connect strategy and time allocation?
Today I found the following – very interesting – research results regarding the connection between strategy and time allocations of leaders: “There’s no question that executives and leaders are busier than ever. But are they spending their valuable time on … Continue reading
July 23, 2014
by Oliver
Comments Off on Business model and strategy process
The employment of business models in strategy process has been featured in an article of the German Harvard Business Manager recently. The key question was: In which year did your organization discuss the business model as part of the strategy … Continue reading
February 4, 2013
by Dagmar
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I struggled a bit with the heading of this article. More precisely it should read “With which frequency and on which occasions to develop strategic measures”. It is the old dilemma that, ideally, strategic planning should be a continuous process … Continue reading
October 30, 2012
by Dagmar
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Larger companies normally have a number of different strategic business units (SBUs). Depending on the degree these SBUs differ from each other, there will be distinctive strategies for them. Those SBU-strategies should ideally be aligned around the overall corporate strategy … Continue reading
October 14, 2012
by Dagmar
Comments Off on “De-Stranding” the Strategic Planning Process – Follow-up
I promised to follow up my latest post about the AT Kearney article on Strategic Planning with some more thoughts. Here are some issues on which I want to elaborate a bit further. The authors write ‘As most people are … Continue reading
October 13, 2012
by Dagmar
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I borrowed this headline from the A.T. Kearney article I will write about. This is an article of the kind I like. You may have noticed that I am really fond of strategic planning. All the more I regret that … Continue reading