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A 3 page paper answering 4 general questions on systems thinking, organizational structure and strategic decision making. Topics include managing for strategy implementation and effective organizational structure designs for an e-commerce application. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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strategic decision making? How can strategic choices be evaluated in terms of their value added? Value equates to incorporating the needs of other
departments and processes into proposed or considered solutions for immediate problems needing attention. Considering value can prevent the proliferation of incompatible systems while promoting homogeneous systems that offer organization-wide
solutions to problems of individual departments. One author refers to systems thinking in decision making in saying, "...a key to good decision making is to provide a structured method
for incorporating the information, opinions and preferences of the various relevant people into the decision making process" (Kirkwood, 1997; p. 2). Strategic choices
can be evaluated in terms of their utility for more than only one application or one solution. They can add value in what they do - such as mine
existing data for previously unknown opportunities - or they can add value in preventing the need to use financial resources for two solutions to two problems when one solution can
effectively address both. 2. What advice would you give to management concerning the best way to implement strategic choices in an organization? How would your advice change based on whether the
organizations environment was dynamic versus stable? The strategy of Guttman and Hawkes (2004) appears to be sound. It requires close attention to
strategy implementation and requires that the organization view the pursuit of stated strategy as an organization-wide endeavor. The authors present five rules: 1. "make strategy a collective effort... 2.
"make sure the organization is aligned... 3. "strategic success hinges on rapid issue resolution... 4. "build high-performance teams throughout the organization... 5. "rethink leadership requirements" (Guttman and Hawkes, 2004; pp.
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