An Analysis of Factors Influencing Strategy Implementation in Business

This report investigates the critical factors influencing strategy implementation within business organizations. It emphasizes the importance of effective strategy implementation as a key to organizational survival in a turbulent environment. The report examines various factors, including strategic formulation, the role of executors (top, middle, and lower management), communication processes, implementation tactics, and the need for consensus across different levels of the organization. It highlights how organizational culture, leadership, structure, and resource allocation significantly impact the successful execution of strategies. The analysis suggests that proper communication channels, appropriate tactics, and a shared understanding of goals are essential for overcoming implementation challenges and achieving desired outcomes. The report also discusses the impact of external uncertainties, such as changes in government regulations and policies, on strategic planning and implementation.

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Tables of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Factors Influencing Strategy Implementation.................................................................................4
Formulation of strategy................................................................................................................5
Executors......................................................................................................................................6
Communication process...............................................................................................................6
Tactics of implementation............................................................................................................7
Consensus.....................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Abstract
It is clear that the present environment in which business organizations exist is very
turbulent and complex. While the strategy is the practically central issue in contemporary
management, its successful implementation in operations of the organization remains the
essential challenge. In rhythm with this, this survey intends to investigate the significant factors
that influence the overall push of different business stakeholders to their pre-determined strategic
goals. The primary focus remains to be on organizational culture, leadership, the structure of
operations, along with financial resources. This study aims at illustrating how successful strategy
implementation continues to be the key to any survival of an organization. It is clear from this
study that many organizations cannot sustain their competitive advantages, despite having the
robust process of formulation, since they lack the procedures for implementing the strategies
efficiently. Therefore, this investigation proposes different aspects that influence implementation
policy. The outcomes illustrate that management in organizations are by distant essential aspect
influencing thriving implementation policy in the segment of service.

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Introduction
Strategy implementation refers to the procedure by which approach of business created is
set into act. It comprises of different activities that include the design as well as administration of
organizational techniques to attain appropriate incorporation of individuals and arrangement,
assigning necessary possessions, supervising human resources, increasing operational data, along
with reaching judgment processes in achieving aims of organization (Virginia & Claudiu, 2015).
The method of planned implementation requires the work along with the attention of workers
and managers at all levels within business operations, mainly at the point when the progressions
happen in the independent company setting. The usage procedure can possibly impact the full
scope of obligations and obligations (Slater, Hult, & Olson, 2010). Additionally, representatives
need the exhaustive comprehension of their functions when they are planning to implement the
strategic process in their operations. Therefore, the principal target of this business research
paperwork is to explore some of the factors that influence strategic implementation processes in
marketplaces.
Factors Influencing Strategy Implementation
There are various factors that influence the process of strategy implementation in every
society. Fuioaga (2013), describe how different forces act towards activities of strategic
planning. The author argued that there are forces that exist in pointing the methodology set by
the association in the fitting bearing towards making it fruitful amid execution forms, and
similarly as these components or powers going for the effective usage of the procedure, there
exist some different powers that are opposing these methodologies out dread. Some of these
factors comprise of strategic formulation, executors, relationships among various departments

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along with various levels of strategy, tactics of implementation, the process of communication,
and consensus. Other factors that influence strategic implementation include the structure of the
organization, commitment, and administrative systems (Al-Kandi, Asutay, & Dixon, 2013).
Uncertainties that exist in the environment remain to be the major hazard to process that relates
to tactical preparation as it influences capacity to attain lasting strategy since common shifts
within environmental settings will diffidently need the variation to plane set in place. Moreover,
a change in regulations and policies by the government always bring about the change in the
environment along with the industry that in turn influences the strategic planning of the
corporation (Karovic-Maricic, Lekovic, & Danilovic, 2014). The scarce resources make planning
and implementation strategies to be aligned to make efficient use of such scarce resources
available for use.
Formulation of strategy
When the strategy of corporate-planned by operations of business is deprived or the
unclear, therefore it always has possibility of limiting the efforts of implementation s
dramatically. Therefore, proper execution cannot be capable of overcoming deficiencies of the
awful approach or the awful efforts for strategic preparation. Zeps & Ribickis (2015) illustrates
that type of plan created as well as real process of plan formulation such as ways to develop
approach will manipulate process of execution. Therefore, it is clear that the need to commence
with the formulated strategy that comprises of appropriate concept or idea remains to be the most
vital factor that helps in promoting its successful implementation. According to Janssen et al.,
(2011), appropriate way of strategic implementation commences with best strategic input during
business operations.

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Executors
Executors in most organizations consist of the top management team, middle
management, low management team, as well as non-management personnel. The effectiveness of
the process of strategic implementation continues to be the least section influenced by the nature
of people engaged with the procedure. The assortment of people identifies with the experience
capacities, abilities, dispositions, alongside different qualities of people required by the specific
position. It is obvious from the investigation directed by (D’Amico et al., 2014), that viability of
procedure execution fundamentally depends on the general population side of task administration
and less on frameworks or association related variables. The level of collaboration together with
cooperation among the best group of administration commonly prompts the more critical sense
of duty regarding the objectives and in addition methodologies of an organization. The idea, in
turn, ensures the success of implementation of the policy during operations of organizations.
Gitinejad & Keramati (2013) argued that when middle management team does not concur with
the procedure or they don't feel that they have the required range of abilities to execute it, at that
point they would prompt harm of usage process. Subsequently, center administrators expect the
bearing from the group of best administration yet every now and again feel that they are in a
perfect position to start and in addition assess elective measures to take.
Communication process
Most investigators have always emphasized the use of the adequate channel of
communication for the operation of implementing the strategy. Jelinkova (2017) reported that
correspondence procedure is specified more oftentimes than some other single bit of thing that
aides in advancing effective usage of the arrangement. Correspondence process involves
clarifying what new errands, duties, and capacities should have been performed by the specialists

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to center around actualizing the methodology (Acharjee, 2013). For instance, attaining the
organization where every worker has easy access to the process of management through open
together with supportive channels of communication outperform those with the restrictive
environment for discussion. Therefore, active channels of communication remain to be the
fundamental requirement for every effective implementation of the strategy (Child et al., 2012).
Organizational process of communication in most business operations plays the essential
function in training, acquisition of knowledge, and applied learning during the process of
implementing policies (Omeike, 2015). Therefore, channels of communication in every
organization remain to be crucial in each part of key usage as it identifies with the setting of the
association, sorting out operational procedures, alongside the destinations of applications.
Tactics of implementation
There are various tactics that can be applicable to the implementation of strategies by
different managers to attain planned changes. Some of these implementation tactics include the
process of intervention, persuasions, proclamation, along with participation among other factors.
The method of response refers to adjustments of strategy made during the stage of
implementation through the introduction of advanced practices as well as norms (Karovic-
Maricic, Lekovic, & Danilovic, 2014). On the other side, participation comprises of the goals for
strategic formulation and nominating the active forces that can be useful in developing together
with proposing the corresponding option of implementation. Additionally, the persuasion that
affects implementation of strategy remains to be the tactics that use involved individuals to
encourage workers concerning preferred course of events. Therefore, concern of different
commands within operations of most organizations continues to be the primary focus of the
implementation tactic edict. According to the study by Strohhecker (2015), the author considers

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the tactics of implementation to be an individual behavior in operations of the organization. The
practice rooted in hypothesis that aim at execution tactics as the authentic behavior of
organization based on different assumptions that illustrate that achievement, in broad, is always
reliant on environmental factors as well as on various variables of strategies and corporate.
Consensus
Every organization needs to attain ideal consensus within their organization to
successfully be capable of implementing set strategies for conducting business operations.
According to Lee & Puranam (2013), agreement concerning the procedure of service of a firm
may differ across the operation lines within the organization. When the worker of a given
organization is not on the similar level of data or if data get ahead of various levels of
corporation, the lesser level of agreement will conclude (Virginia & Claudiu, 2015). Therefore,
need of common knowledge or considerate might develop barriers towards thriving execution of
the strategy. As per report by Leonardi (2015), ideal consensus during strategic application
should be the agreement amid the top, middle team, together with junior-level administrators on
necessary plans of operations of the corporation.
Conclusion
This literature review conducted on examining different factors that influence strategic
implementation processes has established that several perspectives are included as to what the
plan constitutes. It is vital for every organization to improve their operational structures to be
capable of facilitating processes of strategy implementation during their operations. From the
discussion above, there is the need for organizations to focus on ideas that deal with empowering
the supervisory staff to ensure that the lower organization staffs remain to be onboard with the

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strategy and retain their skilled staff. Both external, as well as internal factors in operations of an
organization, affect strategy implementation process to a large extent. The management team
must ensure that they work in providing that every element discussed can be appropriately
followed to the later to implement the strategy for every operation efficiently.

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