Making Strategy Work: Leading Effective Execution and Change

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Making Strategy Work: Leading Effective Execution and Change
by Lawrence G. Hrebiniak
from Wharton School Publishing

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• practical
  As you should expect from a book that claims to 'make strategy work' this book for me does exactly that. Make it work. It borrows principles and concepts from other major works over the recent years, like Good to Great from Jim Collins and elaborates on them in several chapters, most of them focusing on singular subjects that prevent the strategy from working: culture, leadership, behavior, structure etc.
  I personally like the mix of conceptual models and basic tips and tricks, but this can also lead... more info

• Solid book
  Keeping implementation in mind when creating strategy is a sound strategy. Packed with excellent case studies, Making Strategy Work is a fine guide for managers and leaders to get things done. I recommend this book along with Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, starting with the "Who" then moving on to the "What".

• What makes strategy really work ?
  Considering the high ranking and the established name of Warton School, I bought this book. Whether you like this book or not, depends mainly on what you are looking for.
  The author says, making strategy work is more difficult, than finding a suitable strategy for the business you are in. Following my own experiences I doubt this. How many companies do we really know, that have a sound strategy that can be simply expressed and proofed right by many years of succes? Go to the shopfloor and ask your... more info

• Superb
  "Making Strategy" contains tons of topics, case studies, and specific methods to improve the implementation aspect, after planning and, how to make change and then manage the change. Each chapter has several detailed related sub-chapters.
  Chapters:
  1. Strategy Execution is the Key
  2. Overview and Model: Making Strategy Work
  3. The Path to Successful Execution: Good Strategy Comes First
  4. Organizational Structure and Execution
  5. Managing Integration: Effective... more info

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