In the book, Playing to Win how Strategies Really Work, Management Systems is one of the five interrelated-questions described in the document. How to address the Management Systems aspect of this book’s content will be described in this blog.
Strategy in the book highlights that it is about knowing what to do and what not to do and when. The book describes how the hallmark of great companies is to make these choices well and with effective execution over time.
Playing to Win how Strategies Really Work Management Systems: Five Interrelated Question
The five book described interrelated-questions are:
- What is your winning aspiration?
- Where will you play?
- How will you win?
- What capabilities must be in place?
- What management systems are required?
Much dialog is given in the book about the first four questions. This blog will highlight what can be done relative to the integration of the other four points with management systems.
Playing to Win how Strategies Really Work Management Systems: Integrated Enterprise Excellence
The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) business management system consists of nine steps, where strategy creation is step five. The points described in Playing to Win how Strategies Really Work fit very well in this phase of the business management system.
The value-chain in step 2 provides insight to what the organization does and how it measures, from a predictive point of view, what the enterprise does. This can help provide a structure for the identification of strategies per the book′s direction; i.e., step 7 in the 9-step system. Execution of these strategies along with strategic improvement effort are in alignment with step 7 of the system.
The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) business system is described in detail in Volume II of the IEE 5- book series
Playing to Win how Strategies Really Work Management Systems: IEE Integration Details
More details about how to create a play playing to win how strategies really work management systems is described in:
- An article: “Positive Metric Performance & Poor Business Performance – How Does This Happen?”
- A recorded webinar: “From Business Chaos to Competitive Advantage”