BUILDING AN ORGANIZATION CAPABLE
OF GOOD STRATEGY EXECUTION:
PEOPLE, CAPABILITIES, AND STRUCTURE
Andi Nurlailiah Hamdiyani
Risma Rahmadani
Zainal Indra Putra
EXECUTING STRATEGY
Strategy Execution
Is operations-driven, involving management of both people and business
processes.
Is a job for the whole management team, not just a few senior managers.
Requires a determined commitment to change, action, and performance.
A FRAMEWORK FOR EXECUTING STRATEGY
Committing to Executing a Strategy:
Entails figuring out the specific techniques, actions, and
behaviors necessary for a smooth strategy-supportive
operation.
Following through to get things done and deliver results.
Making things happen (leadership) and making them
happen right (management).
THE PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS OF
THE STRATEGY EXECUTION PROCESS
1. Staff the organization with managers and
employees capable of executing the
strategy well.
2. Develop the resources and organizational
capabilities required for successful
strategy execution.
3. Create a strategy-supportive
organizational structure.
4. Allocate sufficient (budgetary and
otherwise) resources to
the strategy execution effort.
5. Institute policies and procedures that
facilitate strategy execution.
6. Adopt best practices and business
processes that drive continuous
improvement in strategy execution
activities.
7. Install information and operating systems
that enable company personnel to carry
out their strategic roles proficiently.
8. Tie rewards and incentives directly to the
achievement of strategic and financial
targets.
9. Instill a corporate culture that promotes
good strategy execution.
[Link] the internal leadership needed to
propel strategy implementation forward.
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE
When strategies fail, it is often because of poor execution. Strategy
execution is therefore a critical managerial endeavor.
The two best signs of good strategy execution are whether a company
is meeting or beating its performance targets and whether they are
performing value chain activities in a manner that is conducive to
companywide operating excellence.
BUILDING AN ORGANIZATION CAPABLE
OF GOOD STRATEGY EXECUTION: THREE KEY ACTIONS
Staffing: Assemble a strong management team and a cadre of
competent employees.
Developing: Renew, upgrade, and revise resources and capabilities
to match chosen strategy.
Structuring: Create strategy-supportive organization capable of good
strategy execution
FIGURE 10.2
Building an Organization Capable of Proficient Strategy Execution: Three Types of Paramount
Actions
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STAFFING THE ORGANIZATION
Putting Together a Strong Management Team:
Planners who ask tough questions and figure out what needs to
be done.
Implementers who can select, manage, and lead the right people.
Executors who turn decisions into actions that drive the changes
that produce sustainable competitive advantage.
Key Takeaway:
A critical mass of talented activist managers
RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND
RETAINING CAPABLE EMPLOYEES
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Intensively screen and evaluate applicants to ensure selecting those who are best-suited and bestfitted.
Provide training programs throughout employee careers.
Offer challenging, interesting, and skill-stretching assignments.
Rotating people through jobs that span functional and geographic boundaries.
Make the work environment stimulating and engaging so that the firm is considered a great place to
work.
Encourage employees to propose creative ways of better operating, and to push ideas for new products
or businesses.
Use assorted financial incentives and perks to retain employees.
Coach average performers to improve their skills and capabilities, while weeding out underperformers.
STRATEGY EXECUTION CAPABILITIES
AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Superior Strategy Execution Capabilities:
Are difficult to imitate and socially complex process that take a long time to develop.
Maximize organizational resources and competitive capabilities in support of the
business model.
Lower costs and permit firms to deliver more value to customers.
Enable a firm to react more quickly to market changes, beat competitors to market
with new products and services, and gain uncontested
market dominance.
DEVELOPING AND BUILDING CRITICAL RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES
Approaches to Build Building
and Strengthening Capabilities
Develop
capabilities
internally
Acquire capabilities through
mergers
and acquisitions
Access capabilities via
collaborative partnerships
MATCHING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO THE STRATEGY
Ensuring that Structure Follows Strategy By:
Deciding which value chain activities to perform internally and
which to outsource.
Alig i g the fir s orga izatio al structure with its strategy.
Determining how much authority to delegate.
Facilitating collaboration with external partners and strategic
allies.
MATCHING TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO STRATEGY EXECUTION
REQUIREMENTS
Simple Structure
(Line-and-Staff)
Strategy Execution
Requirements:
Functional Structure
(Departmental or Unitary)
Multidivisional Structure
(Divisional or M-form)
Chosen
Strategy
Capabilities
and Competencies
Centralized
or
Decentralized Control
Matrix Structure
(Composite or Combination)