Why Should everybody in the organization know the overall strategy?
The company strategy is generally set at a high level and only tells you the destination of where the company is going
It is the managers and staff that will work out the directions and decide what paths to take and what milestones will be along the way
If the staff are not aware of the strategy , they have no sense of purpose to what they are doing or how they can contribute to the bigger picture.
Everyone wants to feel a part of the bigger picture to be truly engaged.
Last and certainly not least – employees -regardless of position of not stupid and should be treated like valued and intelligent employees who can participate in the building of a great company
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:38 am
It helps reduce office politics.
A Company’s departments will most likely see things differently unless they understand the overall strategy, and their place in it. They then end up fighting each other rather than the competition.
It’s the difference between achieveing focus, and being blinded by tunnel vision.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 12:54 am
So the bosses can relax and cease to have an actual job. If you know what the strategy is you can try to achieve the desired results without constant instruction.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 1:06 am
Of course the staff should know the strategy. The strategy defines who gets hired and what they are doing at their jobs.
If the company is seeking to grow by delivering a better product at lower cost, they will hire Chinese and Indian engineering graduates (they’re cheaper than American graduates) to do technical work, but if the company is seeking to grow by selling the same lousy product to more people, they will hire American business school graduates to tell lies about the product.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 1:25 am
The company strategy is generally set at a high level and only tells you the destination of where the company is going
It is the managers and staff that will work out the directions and decide what paths to take and what milestones will be along the way
If the staff are not aware of the strategy , they have no sense of purpose to what they are doing or how they can contribute to the bigger picture.
Everyone wants to feel a part of the bigger picture to be truly engaged.
Last and certainly not least – employees -regardless of position of not stupid and should be treated like valued and intelligent employees who can participate in the building of a great company
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