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What Is Policy Deployment?

Policy deployment is a comprehensive method of developing objectives of an organisation at the highest level, and then in systematic steps breaking those objectives down into the lower level objectives that are then deployed into the organisation. It is a closed-loop management planning and objectives deployment process.

It enables you to ensure that everyone in your organization is aligned with the overall objectives, and that "everyone in pulling in the same direction".

The use of this process continuously improves both management capability and the reliable achievement of significant objectives. Policy deployment is increasingly being used by companies to help achieve and maintain a competitive edge. In leading organizations today, policy deployment is viewed as a core enabling technology.

It starts with top management clearly articulating a vision for the future of the company. This vision then leads to a mission statement. How the mission will be achieved is defined in strategic plans, tactical plans, and then operational goals. Objectives are simply goals for which the "how to" has been defined. Optimal objectives are comprised of both quantifiable targets and feasible (and supported) action plans.

Policy deployment is a company-wide mechanism for creating and propagating plans for the achievement of objectives at all levels of the organization. With its built-in "closed-loop" system, it also provides for the measurement and feedback of results as well as for corrective actions to be implemented wherever appropriate.

There is a simultaneous and equal focus on both the achievement of performance results and the improvement of managerial capability responsible for generating those results.

 

Expected Outcomes of Policy Deployment

    • Organisation wide deployment of priorities and goals
    • Organic acceptance of the desired business objectives within the organisation
    • Enhanced Managerial Capabilities
    • Improved Operational Planning
    • Relevant Management Controls
    • A Mechanism for results based organisational performance feedback
    • A major increase in Organisational Velocity
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