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Should Your Organization be Ambidextrous?
by CSSP, Inc.
In this article, CSSP looks at structured management tools such as Six Sigma versus successful innovation. Both are valid means of achieving your company's goals, however, they seem to demand conflicting commitments to resources. Our challenge as managers is to choose whether we can benefit from both approaches at the same time. In essence, should we become ambidextrous organizations? In the end, he suggests that companies with sufficient managerial bandwidth and corporate resources can and should attempt to become ambidextrous.
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July - Questions & Answers |
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Questions & Answers
This column is intended to answer common questions related to strategic planning and strategy in general. In each issue we will answer questions posed by seminar attendees, our clients and our readers. Please send your questions to Elizabeth Tidd, E-mail: simplifiedstrategicplanning@cssp.com ~ Mail: CSSP, Inc. P.O. Box 851 Ann Arbor, Michigan 06890-0851 ~ Fax: 203-255-9191.
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July - Simplified Strategic Planning Book |
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Alignment for Implementation
Getting Your People to Make Your Strategies Work
By Robert W. Bradford (editor), with Thomas E. Ambler, M. Dana Baldwinand Denise A. HarrisonYou are a busy executive with a strong strategic vision for your business. You may already have a good strategic plan in place - but you have been frustrated with the execution of your strategic vision. While there may be many causes for this frustration, one of the most difficult to deal with is the alignment of the people in your organization with the direction inherent in your vision. | |  |
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