Strategic Control
Presented By:Pankaj Kumar
Rai Business School
(Meadows)
What Is Strategic Control ?
Strategic control
The selection of an organizational strategy and
matching structure for the organization.
Creation of control systems to monitor and
evaluate strategic performance of the organization.
The importance of strategic control
Achieving operational efficiency
Maintaining focus on quality
Fostering innovation
Insuring responsiveness to customers
Strategic control
Typically consists of three steps
Monitoring performance
Comparing performance to standards
Taking corrective action where needed
Traditional V/S Contemporary
Traditional control system
Based largely on the feedback approach
Little or no action taken to revise strategies, goals
and objectives until the end of the time period
Contemporary control system
Continually monitoring the environments (internal
and external)
Identifying trends and events that signal the need to
revise strategies, goals and objectives
Traditional Approach to Strategic Control
Traditional approach is sequential
Strategies are formulated and top management sets goals
Strategies are implemented
Performance is measured against the predetermined goal set
Control is based on a feedback loop from performance
measurement to strategy formulation
Traditional Approach to Strategic Control
Process has time lags, often tied to the annual
planning cycle
This single-loop learning control system
simply compares actual performance to a
predetermined goal
Most appropriate when
Environment is stable and relatively simple
Goals and objectives can be measured with certainty
Little need for complex measures of performance
Contemporary Approach to Strategic
Control
Informational
control
Behavioral
control
Relationships between strategy formulation,
implementation and control are highly
interactive
Two different types of control
Informational control
Behavioral control
Contemporary Approach to Strategic
Control
Informational control
Concerned with whether or not the
organization is doing the right things
Behavioral control
Concerned with whether or not the
organization is doing things right in the
implementation of its strategy
Both types of control are necessary
conditions for success
Strategic Control
Should motivate people toward desired organizational
behavior rather than promote dysfunctional behavior
Traditional
What is
Measured?
1990s thru 21st
Century
Meeting Budget
Customer Satisfaction
Production Efficiency
New Product
Development Rates
Inputs
Quantitative
Performance(Mostly
Financial)
Outcomes
Quantitative & Qualitative
Performance
Who is evaluated?
Traditional
Individuals
Functions
Responsibility
Centers
1990s thru 21st
Century
Individuals
Teams (Groups)
Cross-Functional
People
Basis of Rewards control Systems
Traditional
1990s thru 21st
Century
Efficiency
Quality
Profits
Innovation
ROI
Creativity
Overall Company
Performance
Focus of Contemporary Control Systems
Traditional
Internal
1990s thru 21st
Century
Macro Environment
Industry Environment
Internal
Strategic Control Systems
Steps in designing
an effective control
system
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