How the operational level managers influence the corporate level strategies and their collective successful implementation

Alexander Braun
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19085/journal.sijbpg021002

Abstract

The planning is an integral part of the managers’ task for the modern strategic business culture. The corporate strategies are formulated by the top level managers while the operational level managers are expected to follow those policy statements for their instructed implementation. But this is not the real and practical job of the operational level managers. Instead, they are the key role players in the effective development of the production and operations of the commercial entity. This paper reads the impact role of the operational managers on the corporate level policies. The paper establishes the fact that it the operational level managers who bring and affect the change by effectively implementing the top level plans and goals of the corporate level managers.

Keywords

Operational Management; Strategic management; Business Planning; Corporate effectiveness

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