Strategy Follows Structure: Developing Distinctive Skills
提出,最佳表现的公司是拥有卓越技能组合的实体,这些技能使其能不断适应环境变化,而非仅关注外部战略或内部结构。
Twenty years ago, management analysis focused on organization—structure and systems—with the external environment being given short shrift. The pendulum has now swung to the opposite extreme, with the analysis of external strategy dominating contemporary thinking about management. This article proposes a third view, that the best performing companies are packages of superb skills that lead to constant adaptation to changing circumstances.