Saturday, April 02, 2005

Operational Alignment: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution


Many businesses fail to achieve strategic objectives because they do not successfully connect operations with goals. Effective communication among all stakeholders is critical in bypassing this fatal chasm.

When I meet people, I like to ask them which business books they have been reading because it gives me insight into what's happening across a broad spectrum of organizations. Based on what I've heard in the past year, we're in the midst of a fundamental business shift. Gone are the weighty tomes that instruct companies to optimize their supply chains, leverage just-in-time manufacturing, or outsource business processes. In their place are titles like "The Strategy-Focused Organization" and "Good to Great."

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