Assignment 6: Reassessment and Adjustment

Running head: REASSESSMENT 1

REASSESSMENT 3

Reassessment and Adjustment

Mark Lasky

American Public University

MGMT 495

Professor Davis

April 9, 2019

Introduction

Implementation is the process whereby strategies and plans are put into actions with a view of achieving set goals and objectives. Implementation of a strategic plan is very important more than the strategy itself. Critical actions are required to transform the strategic plan from just a document to actions that are very important in the growth of a business. The fortune magazine indicates that 90% of organizations are unable to implement their strategic plans due to various reasons such as lack of proper budgeting, lack of employee engagement and time constraints. It is therefore very important that the three factors are considered during implementation.

There various major steps that should be included in the implementation plan. The first step is evaluation and communication of the strategic plan which involves aligning the strategies with the initiatives and is achieved by ensuring the strategies developed promote the mission and objectives of the organization. Again, the budget should be aligned with the annual goals and objectives at this stage. Financial assessments are very important to understand budgetary issues and identify the impact of the issues on the achievement of goals. In case, the budget is not enough, the organization can seek funding from stakeholders or other organizations (Nagy, 2018). Employees have a significant role to play in implementation thus it is important to communicate to them goals and objectives at this step. In addition, it is important that they understand the strategies to be used to achieve the set objectives. Comment by Will Davis: There ‘are’

The second step is coming up with an implementation structure. This will act as a guide for implementation strategies. In this step, it is important to develop a coordination mechanism between various departments in the organization with an aim of fostering the delegation of responsibility. In addition, the procedures to be incorporated in implementation should be developed here. It is also important to identify the major managerial tasks that are required for the implementation and determine the personnel to perform them. In this case, both the personnel from the organization and outside can be included (Calder, 2017). Again, the operational tasks that will be performed need to be laid out and the qualifications of those who will perform them identified.

The third step is the development of implementation support policies and programs. This involves coming up with a system to track and monitor performance. This is aimed at analyzing the progress of implementation strategies and their achievement rate. In addition, developing a performance management system is also important to facilitate employee engagement. The fourth stage is budgeting and allocation and involves allocating resources to various departments according to their budgetary requirements (Weidner, 2016). The final step is discharging tasks and activities and involves putting strategies in action.

Conclusion

This is aimed at analyzing the progress of implementation strategies and their achievement rate. This will act as a guide for implementation strategies. The critical actions are required to transform the strategic plan from just a document to actions that are very important in the growth of the business. There are various steps that should be included with this plan. One of the more important steps, the overall success and outcome of this plan is budgeting and allocation. This involves the allocation of resources to the various departments according to their budgetary requirements (Weidner, 2016). The last step is to discharge tasks and activities and involves putting the strategies actually in place. Introduction Implementation is the process whereby strategies and plans are put into actions with a view of achieving set goals and objectives.

References

Calder, A. (2017). Nine Steps to Success: an ISO 27001 Implementation Overview. IT Governance Ltd.

Nagy, B., Stentz, A., & Zhang, X. (2018). U.S. Patent Application No. 15/973,720.

Weidner, A., Watkins, S., Scott, B., Krewer, D., Washington, A., Richardson, M., ... &

Thompson, S. (2016). Bayou City DAMS: Implementation Phase One, Outside the Box.