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Business Design
Coherence
The quality of
being logical and consistent
The glue that
binds the various pieces of the firm together,
enabling them to act as one |
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One of the major
objectives of a
business architect or a chief innovation
office as coherence master is to make your
business model more dynamic and less mechanical
than the traditional corporation. |
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Engage
stakeholders around core strategic themes to
ensure alignment. Leverage financial and
technical resources efficiently to accelerate
output while maintaining balance between
incremental improvements and transformative
breakthroughs. |
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Coherence as a Compass
for Decision-Making
Decisions can be more
decentralized and of better
quality when everyone
understands where company is
headed.
Decisions are better when
everyone has access to the right
knowledge.
Decisions improve when the right
people are working on the
problem.
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Anyone who wants to achieve solutions to the
problems of tomorrow must acquire this vital
trait – coherence. You cannot realize the
benefits of the
new business model and
new management model without this glue that
holds together its elements and makes a
corporation greater than the sum of it parts.
Coherence as a Key
Business Enabler
▪ Energizes your company and generates fresh
vitality;
▪ Helps build on on more flexible configurations
of management processes,
systems, and people;
▪ Facilitates the initiative and drive that are
required of leading companies;
▪ Deemphasizes a rigid organizational structure;
enables your organization to become quick,
nimble, and responsive.
Coherence as a Key for the Organizational
Integration
▪ Fosters
better teamwork and communication;
▪ Facilitates knowledge-sharing, which in turn
will enhance your corporation's overall
capabilities;
▪ Creates means and willingness to cross
organizational boundaries, to work as a team
while being physically distant.
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By
achieving
dynamic harmony and coherence, every
individual and each part of the company will be
better able to drive purposefully
toward a common goal that is clear,
communicated, and understood by everyone. "The
organizational units themselves may always be in
flux, but with effective linkages all the
relevant pieces are tied together in a grand
unit of common purpose and
direction."
The
qualities of
speed and responsiveness and the ability to
tap into the
full potential of an organization are not
gifted – you should build them. There is only
one way to achieve these necessary qualities and
abilities – to
develop harmony and coherence among the many
disparate and far-flung pieces of your company.
A Key for the Organizational Integration
Coherence:
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Fosters better teamwork and communication;
▪ Facilitates
knowledge-sharing, which in turn will
enhance your
corporation's overall capabilities;
▪ Creates means and willingness to cross
organizational boundaries, to work as a team
while being physically distant.
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Key Organizing Principles
which help define some of the
interrelationships among the
parts
Leaner organization:
reduced levels of hierarchies,
minimized number of bureaucratic
regulations, and focused to
realize synergies;
Objective orientation:
clearly defined objective
orientation of each individual
and organizational unit;
Flexibility: flexible,
adaptable organizational
structures with simple decision
processes and responsibilities;
Efficiency: economic,
efficient structures, systems,
and processes avoiding
redundancies.
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Linkages To Be Established
to
improve corporate-wide
identification, facilitate
cross-functional management,
and foster greater motivation
Leadership linkages: to
coordinate effective
decision-making across the
business unit, leaders should
formulate and ensure that all
staff understand the common
mission and
values of the firm;
Performance measures and
incentives: they should be
consistent with the company's
overarching objectives;
Teamwork: consists of
things like task forces,
workshops, committees, and
councils;
Communication: a
comprehensive corporate
communication program and direct
interaction with employees
should be established to
disperse information in a timely
manner and, thus, support
decision-making throughout the
firm
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