part 2

Tactical MBA thinking: how to organise resources

Tactic, n. image a method used or a course of action followed in order to achieve an immediate or short-term aim

The conventional view of tactics is that they are what you use to deliver strategy. Tactical thinking includes the day-to-day implementation of agreed goals and describes the kind of decision making that adjusts to the problems, dilemmas and choices every manager meets as they do their job. What you do in those moments to keep your head above water is tactical and this thinking occupies the majority of a middle manager’s day. It involves:

  • organising the resources in a business to create ...

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