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Why Is Strategy Execution So Hard? The Odds Are Against Us

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Norton, Harvard Business School Press, The Strategy-Focused Organization, 2001). [2] Norton, Harvard Business School Press, The Strategy-Focused Organization, 2001). [3] Only 5% of employees understand their corporate strategy.[4]. 92% of organizations do not measure performance indicators.[5]. Cited Sources: [1] (R. Kaplan and D.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

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Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. Kaplan and Dr. David P. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls.

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The Disconnect Between Strategy And Execution

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While all of us agree there's a disconnect between strategy formulation and strategy execution, the developers of the Balanced Scorecard (Robert Kaplan and David Norton) offer up this terrifying observation: On average, 95% of a company's employees are unaware of, or do not understand, its strategy. Of course, it doesn't have to be that way.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

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Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. Kaplan and Dr. David P. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls.

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Balanced Scorecard - The Next Big Thing?

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Developed at the Harvard Business School by David Norton and Robert Kaplan in the early 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) represents the newest and most prolific performance measurement system since Total Quality Management (TQM) and Management by Objectives (MBO).

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The Key Observation In Managing Strategy Is Managing Change

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Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution.

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The Key Observation In Managing Strategy Is Managing Change

Six Disciplines

Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution.