Implementation Challenge

The implementation of strategy remains one of the most difficult areas of management. Success depends both on the selection of an appropriate strategy and converting that strategy to action. If either of these aspects are deficient, the strategy may fail or be less effective than it should be, but often it is difficult after the event to know which aspect went wrong. Although much has been written on change management and transformational leadership, both of which are relevant to strategy implementation, there have been comparatively few books which look at implementation as a whole subject. David Hussey brings together a collection of the best papers from the Journal of Strategic Change, covering a number of concepts and approaches. The articles collected here will help the reader to meet the challenge of implementation in his or her own situation. The task of implementing a new and complex strategy will never be easy but there is much here that will help.