Strategy Deployment in Business Units Patterns of Operations Strategy Cascading Across Global Sites in a Manufacturing Firm /

• Main Author: Schlickel, Maik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Physica, 2013.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Organization.; Planning.; Production management.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Operations Management.

This book reveals and presents the root-causes that lead to varying improvement performances across different locations of a global positioned manufacturing organization. Conducting a multiple case study analysis of manufacturing sites around the world, the author found that the quality of the strat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Review of the Literature on Strategy Cascading, Context, and Leadership
• Research Design and Data Collection
• The Relevance of Organizational Context to Strategy Cascading
• The Effect of Leadership on Strategy Cascading
• Assessment of Strategy Cascading Quality and Improvement Performance
• Results on Strategy Cascading, Context, and Leadership Style
• Theoretical and Managerial Implications
• Appendix: Interview Guide.