CORAT AFRICA

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• CORAT AFRICA
• MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP FOR IMBISA/AMECEA
  COMMUNICATION COORDINATORS, MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE

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IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING

• It is dangerous to assume either that, what has
  been decided will be achieved, or that what
  happens is what was intended. (Loasby)

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IMPLEMENTATION

• QUOTES ON IMPLEMENTING STRATEGY
• We strategize beautifully, we implement
  pathetically.

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Just being able to conceive bold new strategies
  is not enough. One must be able to translate his
  or her strategic vision into concrete steps that
  get things done.

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Organizing is what you do before you do
  something, so that when you do it, it is not all
  mixed up.
• The strategy implementers task is to convert
  strategy into action to achieve the

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IMPLEMENTATION

• targeted objectives
• Organizations dont implement strategies, people
  do.

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy
  forceful execution of even a poor plan can often
  bring victory
• A leader lives in the field with his troops

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IMPLEMENTATION

• If you talk about change but dont change the
  reward and recognition system, nothing changes.
• While successful strategy making depends on
  vision, competitive analysis and entrepreneurial
  creativity

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Successful implementation depends on leading,
  motivating and working through others to create
  a strong fit between how the organization
  operates its business and the requirements for
  good strategy execution.

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IMPLEMENTATION

• FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION
• Build a capable organization
• Develop budgets to steer resources

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Establishing appropriate policies and procedures
• Instituting best practices and mechanisms for
  continuous improvement

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Installing support systems that facilitate
  carrying out of strategic roles
• Tying rewards and incentives to achieving
  performance objectives

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IMPLEMENTATION - Framework conti----

• Creating a strategy-supportive work environment
  and corporate culture
• Exerting the internal leadership needed to drive
  implementation.

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Effective strategy implementation requires three
  main fits
• Between strategy and skills and
  competencies/capabilities

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Between strategy and organizational reward
  system, policies, systems and practices.
• Between strategy and corporate culture
• The stronger the fits the higher the chances of
  success.

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MONITORING

• Monitoring is the in-built mechanisms to check
  that things are going as per plan and to enable
  adjustments be made in a methodological way
  Oxfam 1995

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MONITORING

• Monitoring is the systematic and continuous
  assessment of the progress of a piece of work
  over time SCF 1995

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MONITORING

• Monitoring is a management tool. Is the regular
  collection and analysis of information for the
  surveillance of the progress of the project
  information.

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MONITORING

• Process Monitoring
• Program monitoring should include info about the
  use of resources, the progress of activities
  the way these are carried out. This is called
  Process Monitoring.

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MONITORING

• Process monitoring is a means for
• Reviewing planning work on a regular basis
• Assessing whether activities are carried out as
  planned
• Identifying dealing with problems as they come
  up