Chief Executive Officer Behavior: The Catalyst for Strategic Alignment

Organizations facing the need for significant change must determine both adirection for change and a means to realize the strategy. Implementing astrategy for change is dependent upon aligning organizational parametersproperly at the system level: structure, culture, training and development,recruit...

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1. VerfasserIn: Edwards, Barbara A. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Proquest 2000
In: International journal of value-based management
Jahr: 2000, Band: 13, Heft: 1, Seiten: 47-54
weitere Schlagwörter:B Leadership
B individual behaviors
B Strategic Management
B Chief Executive Officer
B Organizational Change
B strategic alignment
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Zusammenfassung:Organizations facing the need for significant change must determine both adirection for change and a means to realize the strategy. Implementing astrategy for change is dependent upon aligning organizational parametersproperly at the system level: structure, culture, training and development,recruitment and hiring, resource allocation, leadership, information systems,reward systems, coordination mechanisms, and control systems. The chiefexecutive officer must be the catalyst for strategic alignment. Four clustersof behavior are particularly important for the chief executive officer toexhibit in implementing strategic change: Communication, StrategicInteraction, Resource Utilization, and Leadership. Specific behaviors withinthese clusters are identified. The chief executive officer has an importantrole to play as the catalyst for strategic alignment, but the ultimate purposeof that role is to make it possible for the organization to see itself as abroader community responsible for the long-term success of the organization.
ISSN:1572-8528
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal of value-based management
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1007841115754