Strategy And Structure

Each strategy has an associated organizational structure consistent with the above view of strategy and diversification. These relationships are summarized in the tale below.

Managing Diversification

An organizations implements diversification must monitor and manage its strategy. The two major tools for managing diversification are organization structure and portfolio management techniques. How organziatio0ns structure can be used to manage a diversification strategy I discuss in detail in Chapter 3.

In Volume 2 I shall show portfolio management techniques that diversified organizations use to make decisions about those businesses to engage in and how to manage these multiple businesses in order to maximize corporate performance.

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Table of contents

• Concept Of Strategy Implementation
  • Strategy Implementation And The Strategic Management Process
  • Mintzberg's Model
  • The Relation Between Strategy Formulation And Strategy Implemenation
• A General Framework For Strategy Implementation
• The Concept Fit
  • The 7-s's Framework
• Relationship Of Implementation To Life Cycle
• Selecting An Implementation Approach
  • 1. The Commander Approach
  • 2. The Organizational Change Approach
  • 3. The Collaborative Approach
  • 4. The Cultural Approach
  • 5. The Crescive Approach
    • Quinn's Incremental Model
• Implementing The Strategy And Evaluating The Results
• Strategy Implementation And Stakeholders
• Implementing Business-level Strategies
  • Implementing Porter's Generic Strategies
  • Differentiation Versus Low-cost Strategies
  • Implementing Miles And Snow's Strategies
• Implementing Corporate-level Strategies
  • Implementing Diversification Strategies
  • The Concept Of The Center Of Gravity
  • Strategies Changes
    • Vertical Integration
    • Diversification
    • Changes In Center Of Gravity
    • Strategy And Structure
    • Managing Diversification
  • Implementing Strategies Through Mergers, Acquisitions, And Joint Ventures
    • Implementing Strategies Through Mergers, Acquisitions
  • Implementing Strategies Through Joint Venture
• Problems Of Successful Implementation
• Summary