- Manager and employee efforts are focused
- performance can be improved
- employees are motivated
- departmental and individual goals are aligned
MGMT by objective process problems
- constant change
-poor employee-employer relations reduces MBO effectiveness
- strategic goals may be displaced by operational goals
- mechanistic orgs and values that discourage participation
-too much paperwork saps energy
single use plans
goals not likely to be replaced
program
complex set of objectives and plans to achieve an important, one time org goal
project
similar to a program but usually smaller in scope
standing plans
tasks performed repeatedly
policy
general guide to action and provides direction for peolpe within the org
rules
describe how a specific action is to be performed
procedures
define a precise series of steps to be used in achieving a specific job.
contingency plans
unexpected conditions
what to do for contingency plans
* identify uncontrollable factors
-economic turndowns
-declining markets
-increases in costs of supplies
tech developments
safety accidents
building scenarios
looking at trends and discontinuities and imagining possible alternative futures to build a framework within which unexpected future events can be managed.
three stages of crisis MGMT
prevention, preperation, containment
prevention
build trusting relationship with key stakeholders
- open communication
preparation
- crisis MGMT team and plan
- Establish an effective comm system
containment
- Activate the crisis MGMT plan
- Get the awful truth out
- meet safety and emotional needs
- return to business
planning for high performance
- planning changes as global environment changes
- less top-down MGMT
-involve managers throughout the org
-strategic thinking and execution is becoming job of all employees.
potential new entrants
bargaining power of buyers
bargaining power of suppliers
threat of substitute products
rivalry among competators
differentiation
flexable, loose knit, with strong coordination
creative flair
strong marketing abilities
rewards employee innovation
reputation for quality
cost leadership
central authority, tight cost controls
efficient procurement and distribution systems
close supervision, finite employee empowerment
focus
frequent, detailed control reports
direct combination of policies to strategic policies
values and rewards flexability and customer intimacy
pushes empowerment to employees with customer contact.
partnership strategies
collaboration is an alternative form of strategy
competition and collaboration are often present at the same time
the internet is driving more partnerships
Leadership
use persuasion
motivate employees
shape cultures/values
HR
recruit/select employees
managetransfers/ romotions/ training
direct layoffs
structural design
design org chart
-create teams
-determine centralization/ decentralization
Info and control systems
revise pay and rewards
change budget allocations
implement info systems