The business strategy idea is to include business operations within a system of principles that guide and protect the business. But this is confusing to many, as in our modern world the word strategy has been used to describe many different ideas. As leadership requires the use of strategy, do we understand strategy enough to function with-in its limits? The idea of strategy is a layering effect, one to affect an outcome for our favor and oppose those who want to do us harm. This layering comes from principles or elements of concern which have considerable outcomes and interrelations. The very nature of this takes such study that many can not complete it even with their entire lives to do so. Thus augmented principles and concepts have had to be made to product desired effects without such length of time involved.
First let’s understand that strategy is a word, a symbol to mean something that we all can relate to and understand. As such take a moment to relate what it means to you, the reader looking to find answers? The word comes from a Greek word strategia (general). A few Greek words may help even more: Strata–layers formed of the same or different material. Stratify–to form into layers, to divide accordingly to hierarchies, to be or become arranged or divided into strata. This concept of layering principles or elements to form a structure is the bases of strategy in the defense. But in the offense it must be considered to remove these layers, peeling away what lies beneath and find the means to get through such. This is the bases of strategic concepts, with the idea of more efficient means being what allows easier ways to do the same, with fewer resources used to do so. Business strategy must involve the many layers of plans, ideas, innovations and established protections developed in regard to self-interest.
The principles or elements making up these layers are different, this depending on the person and philosophy one accepts life with. This rational investigation requires facts and truths to be the very bases to guide you. Thus these principles are guides or leads throughout your live. The generally accepted elements can be considered as follows: (1) The Objective, (2) The Offense, (3) Massing or concentration, (4) Economy of Force, (5) Movement or Mobility, (6) Surprise, (7) Security, (8) Unity of Control, and (9) Customization or Communication rules of Society. These are interrelated and mixed together with skill of an artist hand or mind. Combined with the concept called science-knowledge gained through systematic study-allows strategy to be decided based on previous information, facts to predict the future.
The predictions of future business events and conditions are needed to base operations on something we believe will happen, other than just faith. Faith is for religion, in the business world it does little to gain support from. But the facts of previous matters can be qualified, accounted and formed into statistics showing expected results. This is what business professionals feel is worthy of trust, only because so many other people have been involved in making these numbers. The connections presented by such involvement indicate the number of people who trust and believe these facts. As long as both belief (investor confidence) exist and the conditions producing these results do not change, the predictions will not either. The predictions based on understanding the trust placed in the multitude of society and the control over existing conditions. If either of these changes, the facts change as well. The evidence is good only so long as there is trust in it to be securely produced and unbiased in reports.
When conditions change so much that previous facts are no longer relevant, we have entered the unknown or “new territory.” This is what the experts want to say, it is an easy excuse as to why they do not know or understand such things. But in truth an excuse is only a deception, we have information about so much there is little unknowns left. The only problem is relating back what we see in reality to what we understand in our natural lives. Those saying they do not know are communicating the lack of relation to their lives. The events happening have not been planned because these people did not scan for them. Now unprepared, they lack reasoning to base any actions on, they can not lead you. But if they tell you they can not lead they lose face and your trust; therefore risk losing your business. They lie then to save face, yet place you in danger simple because they lack the skill to keep you safe. Their reputations, their public faces, are worth more to them than the lives of those looking to them for advice, help or protection, even when such public faces are not endangered.
Strategy is very in-depth, some say it is a science but this only works if it is based on proven facts. As a philosophy or study of such it must be understood strategy is every changing. Understanding this one realizes guidance but to a limited extent, beyond which one is left to choose without really knowing which way to go. As an art, it can be seen in history how certain individuals have shown better skill than others. These are the hopes and dreams of any society, the highest professionals or most enlightened. Yet not everyone can be such, so to compensate a “general staff” was created. This consist of a group of highly trained officers who would make a scientific study, prepare plans in advance and execute them over time. Thus to take action without enlightenment to guide one, a group is formed where multitude of minds produce a layer of protection. The “experts,” the same who in time will look to protect themselves when they lack the professional actions to understand.
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