Nature of Strategy Implementation

• Successful strategy formulation does not guarantee successful strategy implementation
• Formulation positions forces before the action
• Implementation manages forces during the action’
• Formulation focuses on effectiveness
• Implementation focuses on efficiency
• Formulation is primarily an intellectual process
• Implementation is primarily an operational process
• Formulation requires good intuitive & analytical skills
• Implementation requires special motivational & leadership skills
• Formulation requires coordination among a few individuals
• Implementation requires coordination among many individuals