This article deals with the strategic information technology system. In recent times, the principles of strategic management are being applied to manage information technology system delivery.
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The strategic manager has as its responsibility the formulation and Strategy Implementation. However, the success of the strategy depends, to a large extent, on the working environment.
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This article addresses the relationship between an organisational culture, leadership and rewards. The article highlights how an organisation’s strategy supportive culture can enhance high performance. It is also important to create a spirit of high performance in the organisation and to link rewards to the level of performance. Adequate policies are to be put in
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Management Control ensures the human physical and technological resources are allocated and utilised to achieve the overall purpose of the organisation. The feedback control is about monitoring the outputs desired against outputs achieved. There are many ways of management control which include feedback, feedforward, bench-marking and auditing. Most of these are usually employed by progressive organisation.
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There are many shortcomings that are associated with BCG portfolio evaluation. These observed weaknesses of BCG created the obvious need for more probing techniques of business strategy evaluation. Other approaches include General Electric Motor (GE) approach and the life cycle matrix approaches, which take care of some of BCG”s weaknesses. BCG portfolio evaluation The Need
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INTRODUCTION This article deals essentially with strategy evaluation. The need for evaluation of strategies being adopted is properly set out. Evaluation is necessary especially for corrective adjustment. A good strategy may also need improvement since no condition or situation is permanent. There are many approaches to strategy evaluation as will be seen in this
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This article deals with strategy implementation and execution which means that translating a decision into action is essentially an administrative task. The article discusses matching organisation’s strategy implementation with the structure to be able to achieve the organisation’s objectives. Strategy Implementation Strategy implementation is concerned with translating a decision into action. This presupposes that the decision itself
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This article talks about the different types of strategies that are in use in various organisations for different organisational challenges and to address specific issues
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This article deals with strategy formulation, particularly, the essential elements that are involved in the formulation of strategy. It discusses how strategy formulation gives the direction that the organisation wants to go. The different levels of strategy formulation are enumerated. The article ends by giving vivid information on the background of strategy formulation in business
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This article talks about strategic planning in an organisation. This was devised by corporate leaders to implement strategies that will enhance the competitiveness of each business unit. It differs from the yearly fiscal plans of the organisation. Background Information on Strategic Planning Strategic planning (SP) evolved in the business world in the United States of
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This article deals with strategic choice. This implies that there are many alternating or array of strategies from which the organisation can chose based on the outcome of the organisation’s environmental analysis. In making strategic choice, the manager must take cognizance of certain factors like structure and the culture of the organisation. Strategic choice basically comprises
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This article is about SWOT analysis, which has to do with the analysis or evaluation of the strengths, weaknesses; opportunities and threats (SWOT) to an organisation. The strengths and weaknesses deal with the internal circumstances of an organisation while the opportunities and the threats deal with the external environment of the organisation. Strategies need to
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