Organizational culture and leadership

Running head: STRATEGY FIT
STRATEGY FIT
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STRATEGY FIT1
Introduction
The strategy can be essentially described as the long term planning which is generally
undertaken by the enterprise in order to ensure that they are being able to face the different
competitors in the long run and to ensure that they are essentially being able to engage in
considerate initiatives as well (Pedler, Burgoyne & Boydell, 1991). The structure as discussed
earlier can be described as the manner in which an organization tends to decide upon its overall
divisions and the departmentalization’s (Tracey & Wiersma, 1995). It is essential that the
structure and the organizational fit align together as this will assist in ensuring overall welfare of
the workplace and the achievement of associated objectives of the enterprise as well.
Brief summary
The three articles which have been selected are as follows:
 Ambroise, L., Prim-Allaz, I., Teyssier, C. & Peillon, S. (2018), "The environment-
strategy-structure fit and performance of industrial servitized SMEs", Journal of Service
Management, Vol. 29 No. 2, pp. 301-328. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOSM-10-2016-0276
The particular paper examined the fit which exists between the structure and the strategy in
the context of the industrial servitized organizations and aimed to ensure that the understanding
of the different aspects such as the profit earning ventures can be understood adequately. The
organizational design is found to have a considerate influence on the financial performance of
the firm. Additionally, the service strategies as used by the firm were also tested in this regard.
Hence, it can be mentioned that, all organizations would be required to undertake considerate
initiatives with the help of which they will be able to gain the application and association related
to the strategies.

STRATEGY FIT2
 Wang, Z., Wang, N., Cao, J. &Ye, X. (2016), "The impact of intellectual capital –
knowledge management strategy fit on firm performance", Management Decision, Vol.
54 No. 8, pp. 1861-1885. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2015-0231
The primary aim of the article can be mentioned to be to understand the ways in which
the fit can be bought about between the intellectual capital and the knowledge management
strategy as well. The aim was to understand how this has a significant influence on the several
performance of the enterprise to a greater extent. It was found that the Intellectual capital of the
firm tends to have a considerate influence on the strategic type and a good organizational
structure is critical.
 Ateş, M. A., van Raaij, E. M., & Wynstra, F. (2018). The impact of purchasing strategy-
structure (mis) fit on purchasing cost and innovation performance. Journal of Purchasing
and Supply Management, 24(1), 68-82.
The structure follows strategy concept has been highlighted in the given study. In
association with this, it is effective to mention that, it is important to understand the manner in
which a firm generally tends to operate in order to gain a better idea of how its strategy is
dependent on the structure. A misfit between two aspects is bound to have a negative influence
on the enterprise at large (Snyder & Wenger, 2000). Additionally, the overall focus on the cost
and innovation strategies will examine the deviations to a greater extent and hence, the firms
must aim to ensure considerate success. In addition to this, it is effective to note that, the
purchasing proficiency acts as a mediator and the findings and associated managerial decision
making ability can validate the right use of the organizational structure accordingly.