Can someone do my Week 4 Discussion plus comments in Strategic Planning for Organizations?
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TuesdayMay 18 at 8:06am
Differences between a deliberate strategy and an emergent strategy
Deliberate strategy thought of and considered during the planning stages. “Deliberate strategy is the intended strategy, operationalized and executed” (Abraham, 2012). Of course, with every good strategic plan unexpected situation come up along the way that were never considered in the planning process known as emergent strategies. “Emergent strategies are strategies a company pursues during implementation that were never part of the intended strategy” (Abraham, 2012).
How might an emergent strategy help with future strategic planning processes?
All business must be great at adapting and overcoming unplanned situations that may happen at any time. Emergent strategies are ways for business leader to find adaptive solutions to problems while they are still moving forward with their plan. This allows for new strategies to be made during the process versus stopping the process to re-plan and come up with a new solution. “Accepting the notion of emergent strategies allows the organization to learn from customers and to increase its capacity to experiment with new ideas” (Abraham, 2012). Learning does not only occur during the emergent stage but is as an area where leaders can learn from situations that were presented after the planning stage. This can better prepare leaders for future strategic planning. Learning from our mistakes or from new situations produces better leaders and better planners for the future.
What types of measurement would be appropriate and necessary to support the change when considering the deployment of an emergent strategy?
During the emergent strategy, leaders need to be able to make new strategic decisions while the process in underway. This means that once new situations have been identified it is time for the leaders to find ways to ensure that those situations do not halt or slow down the process. Throughout the operational planning process, there needs to be conversations about what could happen if the process does not go as planned. This will allow for the leaders to consider areas of the process that could not go as according to plan.
What are the potential consequences for ignoring emergent strategies?
If the leaders ignore emergent strategies, this could have major consequences not only in the process they are in now but also future processes. Leaders need to be able to make quick decisions throughout the operating process. If these decisions are not made it could impact the whole process and cause the organization to meet their end goal. This also means that they did not learn from their past situations or mistakes and they will not take that into account when planning for future stages.
Research and discuss an emergent strategy implemented by an organization and its success or failure.
An organization that failed to use emergent strategy throughout their operating process is Nokia. Nokia at one time was the leader in the mobile phone market. Everyone wanted a Nokia phone and they wanted to add accessories to the phone to make it a one of a kind. Nokia was so distracted by them owning the market that they were not paying attention to the new technology being developed by their competition. They were focused on the now versus looking to the future to find ways to stay relevant. Nokia’s success eventually leaded to decline in strategic processing which leaded to future poor strategic decisions (Doz, 2017). This was a scenario where Nokia took their eye off the objected and failed to learn from their mistakes. This led to them suffering the consequences from failing to use emergent strategy in their operational process.
