Strategy Process And Strategy

INTRODUCTION

Strategy is a course of action to attaining an organization 's purpose (De Wit and Meyer, 2010). It entails an elaborate, definitive and systematic plan or course of action to solving complicated events.

Governments, Organizations, Companies among other groupings, develop and explicate methods and systems to be used in problem tackling and solving instances in area of focus. The cognitive condition of the anticipated or immediate challenge is given priority while trying to find the most reliable means to solve a problem.

Developing an effective strategy needs a proper analysis of the strategy dimension. A strategy dimension is made up of; strategy process, strategy content and strategy context (De Wit & Meyer, 2005). Strategy process answers the questions how, who and when, a strategy content answers the question what while a strategy context answers the question where.

Formulation and implementation of

Process of formulating and implementing strategies reflects a flow of activities involving decision making, and deciding on the options available (Adair, 2010). Creativity whilst developing ideas leads to adopting sound decisions that counters the problem at hand. A strategy process utilize creative means to complement its thinking stages.

Creative problem articulation and solving process displays challenges and issues which strategists have to surmount to achieve a strategic change. Traditional perception that a strategy process takes the linear form of analysis, formulation and implementation is therefore widely criticized as strategists view strategic thinking as more intuitive and creative rather than linear or rational (De Wit & Meyer, 2005). The strategy tensions have to be analyzed and understood so as to develope more effective