Managing strategy through business processes

Acur, N. and Bititci, U. (2003) Managing strategy through business processes. Production Planning & Control, 14(4), pp. 309-326. (doi: 10.1080/0953728031000117977)

Abstract

The work presented in this paper, following an in depth review of literature, developed a set of requirements for a Dynamic Strategy Management Process. Having evaluated the existing strategy management frameworks, models, methodologies, tools and techniques, the research concluded that although all approaches reviewed collectively met all the requirements, individually none of the approaches fulfilled all of these requirements. To fulfil these dynamic strategy management process requirements, PROPHESY ( P rocess O riented P erformance H eaded S trategy) was developed. The paper describes in some detail, the evaluation of the PROPHESY process and demonstrates its application through a case study. The paper concludes that strategy should focus on creating value that is independent for each business unit. This means developing horizontal strategies that have objectives of co-ordinating business processes and developing objectives that encourage the sharing of resources and skills.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Acur, Professor Nuran
• Authors: Acur, N., and Bititci, U.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management
• Journal Name: Production Planning & Control
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 0953-7287
• ISSN (Online): 1366-5871
• Published Online: 15 November 2010