Charting a company’s direction. Its vision, mission, objectives, and strategy. (Chapter 2) презентация

WHAT DOES THE STRATEGY-MAKING, STRATEGY-EXECUTING PROCESS ENTAIL? Developing a strategic vision, a mission statement, and a set of core values. Setting objectives for measuring the firm's performance and tracking its progress. Crafting a strategy to move the firm along its strategic course and to achieve its objectives. Executing the chosen strategy efficiently and effectively. Monitoring developments, evaluating performance, and initiating corrective adjustments.

A company’s strategic plan lays out its future direction, performance targets, and strategy. A company’s strategic plan lays out its future direction, performance targets, and strategy.

STAGE 1: DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC VISION, A MISSION STATEMENT, AND A SET OF CORE VALUES Developing a Strategic Vision: Delineates management’s future aspirations for the firm to its stakeholders. Provides direction—“where we are going.” Sets out the compelling rationale (strategic soundness) for the firm’s direction. Uses distinctive and specific language to set the firm apart from its rivals.

A strategic vision describes management’s aspirations for the future and delineates the company’s strategic course and long-term direction. A strategic vision describes management’s aspirations for the future and delineates the company’s strategic course and long-term direction.

Examples of Strategic Visions—How Well Do They Measure Up?

Examples of Strategic Visions—How Well Do They Measure Up?

Examples of Strategic Visions—How Well Do They Measure Up?

Examples of Strategic Visions—How Well Do They Measure Up? For which of these businesses is it the most difficult to create a vision statement? How does the scope of a business affect the language of its vision statement? How would you reword the Coca-Cola mission statement to reduce it to less than 100 words? (Coca-Cola currently = 121 words)

COMMUNICATING THE STRATEGIC VISION Why Communicate the Vision: Fosters employee commitment to the firm’s chosen strategic direction. Ensures understanding of its importance. Motivates, informs, and inspires internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrates top management support for the firm’s future strategic direction and competitive efforts.

An effectively communicated vision is a valuable management tool for enlisting the commitment of company personnel to engage in actions that move the company forward in the intended direction. An effectively communicated vision is a valuable management tool for enlisting the commitment of company personnel to engage in actions that move the company forward in the intended direction.

PUTTING THE STRATEGIC VISION IN PLACE Put the vision in writing and distribute it. Hold meetings to personally explain the vision and its rationale. Create a memorable slogan that captures the essence of the vision. Emphasize the positive payoffs for making the vision happen.

WHY A SOUND, WELL-COMMUNICATED STRATEGIC VISION MATTERS It crystallizes senior executives’ own views about the firm’s long-term direction. It reduces the risk of rudderless decision making. It is a tool for winning the support of organization members to help make the vision a reality It provides a beacon for lower-level managers in setting departmental objectives and crafting departmental strategies that are in sync with the firm’s overall strategy. It helps an organization prepare for the future.

DEVELOPING A COMPANY MISSION STATEMENT The Mission Statement: Uses specific language to give the firm its own unique identity. Describes the firm’s current business and purpose—“who we are, what we do, and why we are here.” Should focus on describing the firm’s business, not on “making a profit”—earning a profit is an objective not a mission.

The distinction between a strategic vision and a mission statement is fairly clear-cut: The distinction between a strategic vision and a mission statement is fairly clear-cut: A strategic vision portrays a firm’s aspirations for its future (“where we are going”) A firm’s mission describes its purpose and its present business (“who we are, what we do, and why we are here”).

THE IDEAL MISSION STATEMENT Identifies the firm’s product or services. Specifies the buyer needs it seeks to satisfy. Identifies the customer groups or markets it is endeavoring to serve. Specifies its approach to pleasing customers. Sets the firm apart from its rivals. Clarifies the firm’s business to stakeholders.

LINKING THE VISION AND MISSION WITH CORE VALUES Core Values Are the beliefs, traits, and behavioral norms that employees are expected to display in conducting the firm’s business and in pursuing its strategic vision and mission. Become an integral part of the firm’s culture and what makes it tick when strongly espoused and supported by top management. Matched with the firm’s vision, mission, and strategy contribute to the firm’s business success.

A firm’s core values are the beliefs, traits, and behavioral norms that the firm’s personnel are expected to display in conducting the firm’s business and pursuing its strategic vision and mission. A firm’s core values are the beliefs, traits, and behavioral norms that the firm’s personnel are expected to display in conducting the firm’s business and pursuing its strategic vision and mission.

Patagonia, Inc.: A Values-Driven Company Patagonia’s Mission Statement Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. Patagonia’s Core Values Quality: Pursuit of ever-greater quality in everything we do. Integrity: Relationships built on integrity and respect. Environmentalism: Serve as a catalyst for personal and corporate action. Not Bound by Convention: Our success—and much of the fun—lies in developing innovative ways to do things.

Patagonia, Inc.: A Values-Driven Company Patagonia’s Core Values How do Patagonia’s core values reflect the value it places on its human capital? What effects do Patagonia’s core values have on its hiring practices? How does Patagonia’s relentless attention to the management of its supply chain support its core values? Why has Patagonia been successful in holding its contract manufacturers accountable when other firms have not?

STAGE 2: SETTING OBJECTIVES The Purposes of Setting Objectives: To convert the vision and mission into specific, measurable, timely performance targets. To focus efforts and align actions throughout the organization. To serve as yardsticks for tracking a firm’s performance and progress. To provide motivation and inspire employees to greater levels of effort.

CONVERTING THE VISION AND MISSION INTO SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE TARGETS

Objectives are an organization’s performance targets—the specific results management wants to achieve. Objectives are an organization’s performance targets—the specific results management wants to achieve. Stretch objectives set performance targets high enough to stretch an organization to perform at its full potential and deliver the best possible results.

A company exhibits strategic intent when it relentlessly pursues an ambitious strategic objective, concentrating the full force of its resources and competitive actions on achieving that objective. A company exhibits strategic intent when it relentlessly pursues an ambitious strategic objective, concentrating the full force of its resources and competitive actions on achieving that objective.

CHARACTERISTICS OF STRATEGIC INTENT Indicates firm’s intent to making quantum gains in competing against key rivals and to establishing itself as a winner in the marketplace, often against long odds. Involves establishing a grandiose performance target out of proportion to immediate capabilities and market position but then devoting the firm’s full resources and energies to achieving the target over time. Entails sustained, aggressive actions to take market share away from rivals and achieve a much stronger market position.

THE IMPERATIVE OF SETTING STRETCH OBJECTIVES Setting stretch objectives promotes better overall performance because stretch targets: Push a firm to be more inventive. Increase the urgency for improving financial performance and competitive position. Cause the firm to be more intentional and focused in its actions. Act to prevent internal inertia and contentment with modest to average gains in performance.

THE NEED FOR SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES Short-Term Objectives: Focus attention on quarterly and annual performance improvements to satisfy near-term shareholder expectations. Long-Term Objectives: Force consideration of what to do now to achieve optimal long-term performance. Stand as a barrier to an undue focus on short-term results.

Financial objectives relate to the financial performance targets management has established for the organization to achieve. Financial objectives relate to the financial performance targets management has established for the organization to achieve. Strategic objectives relate to target outcomes that indicate a company is strengthening its market standing, competitive position, and future business prospects.

WHAT KINDS OF OBJECTIVES TO SET Financial Objectives Communicate top management’s goals for financial performance. Are focused internally on the firm’s operations and activities.

SETTING FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES

SETTING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

The Balanced Scorecard is a widely used method for combining the use of both strategic and financial objectives, tracking their achievement, and giving management a more complete and balanced view of how well an organization is performing. The Balanced Scorecard is a widely used method for combining the use of both strategic and financial objectives, tracking their achievement, and giving management a more complete and balanced view of how well an organization is performing.

THE NEED FOR A BALANCED APPROACH TO OBJECTIVE SETTING A balanced scorecard measures a firm’s optimal performance by: Placing a balanced emphasis on achieving both financial and strategic objectives. Tracking both measures of financial performance and measures of whether a firm is strengthening its competitiveness and market position.

GOOD STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE IS THE KEY TO BETTER FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Good financial performance is not enough: Current financial results are lagging indicators of past decisions and actions which does not translate into a stronger competitive capability for delivering better financial results in the future. Setting and achieving stretch strategic objectives signals a firm’s growth in both competitiveness and strength in the marketplace. Good strategic performance is a leading indicator of a firm’s increasing capability to deliver improved future financial performance.

SETTING OBJECTIVES FOR EVERY ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL Breaks down performance targets for each of the organization’s separate units. Fosters setting performance targets that support achievement of firm-wide strategic and financial objectives. Extends the top-down objective-setting process to all organizational levels.

Examples of Company Objectives Walgreens, Pepsico, Yum! Brands Which company included no strategic objectives in its listing of objectives? Which company has the shortest-term focus based on it objectives? Which has the longest-term focus? Which company’s listing of objectives appears to best fit the balanced scorecard concept?

STAGE 3: CRAFTING A STRATEGY Strategy Making: Addresses a series of strategic how’s. Requires choosing among strategic alternatives. Promotes actions to do things differently from competitors rather than running with the herd. Is a collaborative team effort that involves managers in various positions at all organizational levels.

STRATEGY MAKING INVOLVES MANAGERS AT ALL ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Has ultimate responsibility for leading the strategy-making process as strategic visionary and as chief architect of strategy. Senior Executives Fashion the major strategy components involving their areas of responsibility. Managers of subsidiaries, divisions, geographic regions, plants, and other operating units (and key employees with specialized expertise) Utilize on-the-scene familiarity with their business units to orchestrate their specific pieces of the strategy.

In most companies, crafting and executing strategy is a collaborative team effort in which every manager has a role for the area he or she heads; it is rarely something that only high-level managers do. In most companies, crafting and executing strategy is a collaborative team effort in which every manager has a role for the area he or she heads; it is rarely something that only high-level managers do.

WHY IS STRATEGY-MAKING OFTEN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS? The many complex strategic issues involved and multiple areas of expertise required can make the strategy-making task too large for one person or a small executive group. When operations involve different products, industries and geographic areas, strategy-making authority must be delegated to functional and operating unit managers such that all managers have a strategy-making role—ranging from major to minor—for the area they head!

A FIRM’S STRATEGY-MAKING HIERARCHY

Corporate strategy is strategy at the multi-business level, concerning how to improve company performance or gain competitive advantage by managing a set of businesses simultaneously. Corporate strategy is strategy at the multi-business level, concerning how to improve company performance or gain competitive advantage by managing a set of businesses simultaneously. Business strategy is strategy at the single-business level, concerning how to improve the performance or gain a competitive advantage in a particular line of business.

UNITING THE STRATEGY-MAKING HIERARCHY

A company’s strategy is at full power only when its many pieces are united. Anything less than a unified collection of strategies weakens the overall strategy and is likely to impair company performance. A company’s strategy is at full power only when its many pieces are united. Anything less than a unified collection of strategies weakens the overall strategy and is likely to impair company performance.

A STRATEGIC VISION + OBJECTIVES + STRATEGY = A STRATEGIC PLAN

STAGE 4: EXECUTING THE STRATEGY Converting strategic plans into actions requires: Directing organizational action. Motivating people. Building and strengthening the firm’s competencies and competitive capabilities. Creating and nurturing a strategy-supportive work climate. Meeting or beating performance targets.

MANAGING THE STRATEGY EXECUTION PROCESS Creating a strategy-supporting structure. Staffing the firm with the needed skills and expertise. Developing and strengthening strategy-supporting resources and capabilities. Allocating ample resources to the activities critical to strategic success. Ensuring that policies and procedures facilitate effective strategy execution. Organizing work effort along the lines of best practice.

MANAGING THE STRATEGY EXECUTION PROCESS (CONT’D) Installing information and operating systems that enable company personnel to perform essential activities. Motivating people and tying rewards and incentives directly to the achievement of performance objectives. Creating a company culture conducive to successful strategy execution. Exerting the internal leadership needed to propel implementation forward.

STAGE 5: EVALUATING PERFORMANCE AND INITIATING CORRECTIVE AJUSTMENTS Evaluating Performance: Deciding whether the enterprise is passing the three tests of a winning strategy—good fit, competitive advantage, strong performance. Initiating Corrective Adjustments: Deciding whether to continue or change the firm’s vision and mission, objectives, strategy, and/or strategy execution methods. Based on organizational learning.

A company’s vision and mission, as well as its objectives, strategy, and approach to strategy execution are never final; managing strategy is an ongoing process. A company’s vision and mission, as well as its objectives, strategy, and approach to strategy execution are never final; managing strategy is an ongoing process.

THE ROLE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Obligations of the Board of Directors: Oversee the firm’s financial accounting and reporting practices compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Critically appraise the firm’s direction, strategy, and business approaches. Evaluate the caliber of senior executives’ strategic leadership skills. Institute a compensation plan that rewards top executives for actions and results that serve stakeholder interests—especially shareholders.

ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE A strong, independent board of directors: Is well informed about the firm’s performance. Guides and judges the CEO and other executives. Can curb management actions the board believes are inappropriate or unduly risky. Can certify to shareholders that the CEO is doing what the board expects. Provides insight and advice to top management. Is actively involved in debating the pros and cons of key strategic decisions and actions.

Effective corporate governance requires the board of directors to oversee the company’s strategic direction, evaluate its senior executives, handle executive compensation, and oversee financial reporting practices. Effective corporate governance requires the board of directors to oversee the company’s strategic direction, evaluate its senior executives, handle executive compensation, and oversee financial reporting practices.

Corporate Governance Failures at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Why were the audit and compensation committees at Fannie Mae’s ineffective? Was the conduct of the committees legal? Was it ethical? What did linking executive compensation to financial objectives do to promote misconduct in both organizations? Could setting “stretch” objectives have discouraged misconduct by top management?