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Edie, South Africa
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Operations Strategy versus Business Strategy
What are the the differences between the operations strategy and the business strategy? And what do they have in common? Thanks for your replies.
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Sam Hwambo. BA Hons. Bus Stud (Open)
Accountant, Zimbabwe
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Operations Strategy versus Business Strategy
Operations strategy relates to the day-to-day running of the business and is short term in nature.
The business strategy is the overall business vision looking further ahead, giving direction as to where the business wants to be say, in the next five years or so.
The operations strategy is controlled by the business strategy.
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Rajeev Kumar, India
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Operation versus Business Strategy
There is no clear demarcation between operation and business strategy. However the business strategy is more holistic and affects the business in long term, while the operation strategy helps company to serve its customers in a better way. Operation strategy also helps to improve the bottom line of the company.
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KOVIT SKULSANGJUNTR
Management Consultant, Thailand
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Operation Strategy and Business Strategy
Operation is what you do to achieve business results. Operation strategy is mainly considering your internal available r...
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Kroon, South Africa
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Operations - versus Business Strategy
Although the business strategy and operation strategy form an integrated whole, they both require a different set of ski...
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Robert
Consultant, United States
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Business strategy is the bigger picture plan looking ahead for "WHAT" your company should do and be; Operations strategy...
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Prof. Alkis S. Magdalinos
Business Consultant, Greece
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Kroon from South Africa has given the best description.
Although we rarely talk about "operations strategy" but simply ...
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Prof. Alkis S. Magdalinos
Business Consultant, Greece
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Operations and Business Strategy
Tomas, your answer is OK. To put it more simply, "strategy" refers generally to business. When we talk about "operations...
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Dr Gary Jones
Business Consultant, Australia
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Operation is Part of Business Strategy
A link that seems to be missing here is that strategic management is carried out to obtain the corporations strategy. It...
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Prof. Alkis S. Magdalinos
Business Consultant, Greece
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Operations Strategy versus Business Straegy
If I am reading Gary Jones' comment correctly, he is not saying that operations is part of business strategy; he is sayi...
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Dr Gary Jones
Business Consultant, Australia
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Control and Evaluation of Strategy
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Prof. Alkis S. Magdalinos
Business Consultant, Greece
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Control and Evaluation Strategy
Yes, but you have to take all elements of managerial actions in a logical sequence, otherwise you risk confusing concept...
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Dr Gary Jones
Business Consultant, Australia
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Control and Evaluation Strategy
Yes I agree - it is consistent with my initial entry in this forum. Strategic management is the prioritization of strate...
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Steven Cofrancesco, USA
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Operations versus Business Strategy
This is an interesting thread, and I hope I can contribute:
There are considered to be three (or possibly four) levels ...
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Dr Gary Jones
Business Consultant, Australia
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Steven good answer. Corporate strategy is strategic planning (rationalist paradigm). The business strategy as defined by...
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Steven Cofrancesco, USA
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Operations and Business Strategy should be Bidirectional
Thanks for your response, Gary. I think you are absolutely correct, that strategy formulation is not only top down or bo...
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Dr Gary Jones
Business Consultant, Australia
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Steven its very difficult to get out ideas out in so few words. But I will have a go. By definition if the long term str...
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Steven Cofrancesco, USA
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Gary, I'm not sure I'm understanding your main point: are you saying that because any corporate or business strategy req...
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Joseph Pangilinan
Turnaround Manager, Philippines
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Strategy, at any level, has to do with the efforts of a company to win & to keep winning in the marketplace, i.e. to gai...
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Dr Gary Jones
Business Consultant, Australia
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Steven. Different words - same meanings. Strategic planning relies on its strategic processes to encompass the power and...
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Steven Cofrancesco, USA
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Thanks for your input, Joseph. I think you make a good point about alignment of strategies across levels.
Gary, I under...
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Dr Gary Jones
Business Consultant, Australia
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Steven. Best way for me to sum up what I am saying is refer you to an article by Henry Mintzberg and Joseph Lampel 'Refl...
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Joseph Pangilinan
Turnaround Manager, Philippines
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Strategic Health of the Goose, not Just Golden Eggs
What is the point of doubling sales, if you end up with half your sales and/or production force?
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Steven Cofrancesco, USA
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Thanks once again, Gary. I think one more point deserves attention: now I see that you are talking about the strategy pr...
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Dr Gary Jones
Business Consultant, Australia
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Operations versus Strategy
Hi Steven and all that are watching us butt heads. You are exactly right. There is an inception point to every subunit o...
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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
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Ambiguous Terms..
Steven, Gary, unfortunately there is no common and agreed definition of the terms 'strategy', 'strategic management' and...
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Steven Cofrancesco, USA
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Operations versus Business Strategy
Thanks once again, Gary; I think it's been a beneficial discussion.
The Editor also makes a very accurate point about ...
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Nasir Awan
Strategist, Saudi Arabia
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Business Strategy versus Operations Strategy
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Jose R Paz Barahona
Professor, Costa Rica
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Strategic Planning Going to Lower Levels
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Lesley Govender
South Africa
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Business Strategy versus Operations Strategy
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Ajai Dayal
Business Consultant, India
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Operations Strategy versus Business Strategy
The "operations strategy" is traditionally / normally referred to as "operations planning and control".
It has a time h...
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Prof. Alkis S. Magdalinos
Business Consultant, Greece
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Operations Strategy versus Business Straegy
Dear Ajal, you are quite right. A long period of time is far more difficult to extrapolate than a short period, since th...
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Joe N.Cavada
Management Consultant, Philippines
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Strategy: Business and Operations
@Robert : I agree business strategy focuses on WHAT, while operations strategy focuses on the HOW.
Being strategy, bot...
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rio-roshi merit
Student (University), Nigeria
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Operations Strategy versus Business Strategy
- Operations strategy takes into consideration only the day-day activities.
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Strategy Consultant, Kenya
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Moodley, United States
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Thomas Solomon
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Ajai Dayal
Business Consultant, India
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Operations Strategy versus Business Strategy
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Business Consultant, South Africa
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