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Strategy refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. The word is of military origin, deriving from the Greek word στρατηγός (stratēgos), which roughly translates as "general".[1] | Strategy refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. The word is of military origin, deriving from the Greek word στρατηγός (stratēgos), which roughly translates as "general".[1] | ||
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In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked. How a battle is fought is a matter of tactics: the terms and conditions that it is fought on and whether it should be fought at all is a matter of strategy, which is part of the four levels of warfare: political goals or grand strategy, strategy, operations, and tactics | In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked. How a battle is fought is a matter of tactics: the terms and conditions that it is fought on and whether it should be fought at all is a matter of strategy, which is part of the four levels of warfare: political goals or grand strategy, strategy, operations, and tactics | ||
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*[[Strategy and Practice 4 - Future Focused Strategy]] | *[[Strategy and Practice 4 - Future Focused Strategy]] | ||
*[[Strategy and Practice 5 - Innovation-Based Strategy]] | *[[Strategy and Practice 5 - Innovation-Based Strategy]] | ||
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*[[Strategy and Practice 7 - Thinking and Acting Strategically]] | *[[Strategy and Practice 7 - Thinking and Acting Strategically]] | ||
*[[Strategy and Practice 8 - Corporate Governance]] | *[[Strategy and Practice 8 - Corporate Governance]] | ||
*[[Strategy and Practice 9 - Strategies For Managing Change]] | *[[Strategy and Practice 9 - Strategies For Managing Change]] | ||
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*[[Organigraphs]] | *[[Organigraphs]] | ||
*[[Organizational Structure]] | *[[Organizational Structure]] | ||
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*[[Strategy Under Uncertainty]] | *[[Strategy Under Uncertainty]] | ||
*[[Strategy and Network Effects]] | *[[Strategy and Network Effects]] | ||
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*[[Strategy as Orchestrating Knowledge]] | *[[Strategy as Orchestrating Knowledge]] | ||
*[[Strategy as Organizing]] | *[[Strategy as Organizing]] | ||
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*[[Structure follows Strategy Follows Structure]] | *[[Structure follows Strategy Follows Structure]] | ||
*[[Structure-strategy-Structure]] | *[[Structure-strategy-Structure]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:18, 28 April 2011
Strategy refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. The word is of military origin, deriving from the Greek word στρατηγός (stratēgos), which roughly translates as "general".[1]
In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked. How a battle is fought is a matter of tactics: the terms and conditions that it is fought on and whether it should be fought at all is a matter of strategy, which is part of the four levels of warfare: political goals or grand strategy, strategy, operations, and tactics
