Even a thoroughly developed business strategy may fail if you don't pay enough attention to its implementation. This rings particularly true with strategies based on innovation or implemented in complex or fast-changing environments. In the 20th century successful implementation leveraged stability and typically proceeded through hierarchy and control. Today the key is to stay vibrant and able to quickly respond to trends in competition and technology while not losing sight of the strategic objective. In this course we'll build a toolbox of techniques to execute today's business strategies to help them succeed. After completing this course, you'll be able to: - Create objectives and goals to guide strategy implementation - Identify organizational structures that fit particular strategies - Understand how to leverage company culture in implementation - Describe how to communicate the strategy so that the organization "gets" it - Detect and mitigate risks to implementation
Module Intro
Skills You'll Learn
Risk Management, Professional Networking, Business Metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Business Strategy, Strategic Communication, Plan Execution, Organizational Structure, Organizational Strategy, Change Management, Strategic Planning, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Culture Transformation, Organizational Effectiveness, Goal Setting
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BB
Feb 4, 2016
Great course! Definitely my best of the series. Highly detailed with very pointed insights. Slides were also very helpful in ensuring retention of knowledge. Great stuff- bravo!
KB
Feb 4, 2018
This is excellent course for converting vision to goals and measurables, It provides all the tools and processes required to manage and run organization wide initiatives.
From the lesson
Aligning Strategy and Organizational Structure
The structure of your organization can be a good or poor fit to the strategy you are implementing. In this module we learn which choices of organizational structure are appropriate depending on your strategy.
Taught By
Nicolai Pogrebnyakov
Associate Professor