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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. That statement is then translated into specific objectives and initiatives, using other tools and processes, including strategy maps and balanced scorecards.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. That statement is then translated into specific objectives and initiatives, using other tools and processes, including strategy maps and balanced scorecards.

System 85
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Explain Your New Strategy By Emphasizing What It Isn’t

Harvard Business Review

The problem is that most widely used planning processes like management by objectives and balanced scorecards overlook the contrast piece of the compare-and-contrast equation. This is precisely what Howard Schultz achieved in 2008 when he pulled Starbucks’ highly profitable breakfast sandwiches from store shelves for nine months.

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Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle

Harvard Business Review

The timeline showed five improvement initiatives matching the eras of five presidents: Quality Action Teams (1992-1995), Total Cycle Time (1995-2000), Perfect Order (2000-2003), Grainger Performance System (Balanced Scorecard and Six Sigma) (2004-2007), and Lean (2008).

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Making Hospital Partnerships Work

Harvard Business Review

Take Silver Cross’s joint operating committee with RIC, which convenes on a quarterly basis to review Balanced Scorecard metrics on quality of care, patient experience, volume, and efficiency. Five main factors make our clinical partnerships work: Joint operating committees that meet regularly. Other Types of Partnerships.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business Review

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. ” (2008), it seems to me, is that it serves as an assessment tool that allows managers and executives to benchmark their organizations against other units and companies. That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author.