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The drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23764 The drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution Sutherland, Margie ichelp@gibs.co.za Chetty, Thershen UCTD Strategy execution Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. A review of the literature reveals that the ability to execute strategy is more important than the quality of the strategy itself. Researchers indicate that despite the importance of the strategy execution process, far more research has been carried out into strategy formulation rather than into strategy execution. The literature shows that executives fail to execute up to 70 percent of their strategic initiatives, this research set out to explore the drivers and inhibitors of executing strategy. This research involved a qualitative study which consisted of in-depth, face-to-face interviews. A total of 25 executives were interviewed from a large South African financial institution. Content and frequency analysis were used to extract key constructs from the data obtained during the interview process. The outcome of this research has resulted in drivers and inhibitors critical to effective strategy execution being explicitly defined. The findings have been used to develop an empirically based framework which highlights six key factors which must be considered simultaneously in order to successfully execute strategy. These are: obtaining top executive commitment, generating engagement at all levels, communicating a clear, tangible strategy, cascading accountabilities, selecting the best people to drive key initiatives, and the ability to monitor and track progress. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:52:41Z 2011-05-11 2013-09-06T15:52:41Z 2011-04-20 2010 2011-04-04 Dissertation Chetty, T 2010, The drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution , MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23764 > F11/107/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23764 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04042011-144401/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Strategy execution The drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution |
| title | The drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution |
| title_full | The drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution |
| title_fullStr | The drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution |
| title_full_unstemmed | The drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution |
| title_short | The drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution |
| title_sort | drivers and inhibitors of strategy execution |
| topic | UCTD Strategy execution |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23764 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04042011-144401/ |