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Implementation Modes

Political ManagerEntrepreneurial

Manager

Administrative

Manager

People and

Organisation

Shaker

HIGH

HIGH

LOW

LOW

Degree of Attention to Administrative

Constraints

DegreeofGener

alManager

Involvem

ent

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Reasons or Mis!ts

Ma"or reason or mis!ts is that strategies tend to change and evolve inresponse to the environment

When competing in a ver# sta$le environment% companies could ormulateconstant strateg# to $e implemented &ith a consistent set o policies

Ho&ever% &hen the environment changes more re'uentl#% a compan#(smanagement s#stem cannot keep up &ith that pace)

*his is $ecause implementation is more time consuming than ormulating

ne& strateg#

General managers ma# consciousl# choose to permit the e+istence ocertain mis!ts% as a trade,o- $et&een implementation and ne& strateg#ormulation