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Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Feedback Loops (12 of 12)
Organizational goals refer to the desired outcomes or achievements an organization aims to accomplish within a specific timeframe.  These goals provide direction, purpose, and a roadmap for the organization’s activities and initiatives.  They are typically established...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Goals and Objectives (11 of 12)
Organizational goals refer to the desired outcomes or achievements an organization aims to accomplish within a specific timeframe.  These goals provide direction, purpose, and a roadmap for the organization’s activities and initiatives.  They are typically established...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Operations (10 of 12)
Organizational operations refer to the activities and processes carried out within an organization to achieve its goals and objectives.  It encompasses all the tasks, functions, and procedures involved in the organization’s day-to-day functioning. At a fundamental...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – System and Processes (8 of 12)
How many of us have a morning routine: coffee, breakfast, getting the kids off to school, etc.?  Anything disrupting our routine can really throw the morning out of balance.  How many of us think about ways to make the morning routine quicker, smoother, or easier? ...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Roles and Responsibilities (7 of 12)
Whose turn is it to take out the trash, change the diaper, or reset the Netflix password?  Roles and responsibilities guide our personal and professional lives, probably more than we would like to admit.  Roles and responsibilities can be a good thing.  Too many of us...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Structure (6 of 12)
Most of us are familiar with organizational charts.  In hierarchical organizations, they help depict who works for whom.  But how often do we stop to analyze the organizational structure in the context of the mission, information management, timeliness of...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Strategy (5 of 12)
The US military defines strategy as an overarching construct outlining a combatant commander’s vision for integrating and synchronizing military activities and operations with the other instruments of national power in order to achieve national strategic objectives. ...