Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:2626] Re: Strategic Control
From: Barry Kort (bkort@musenet.org)
Date: Tue 18 Dec 2001 - 15:09:39 MET
From: Barry Kort <bkort@musenet.org> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:2626] Re: Strategic Control Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:09:39 -0500 (EST)
Andrea Locke writes:
> As part of my research, I have a few questions about strategies used
> to plan and control resources in organizations. I will greatly
> appreciate any feedback, as it will be of much help to me in my
> studies. Thank you all in advance for your input.
My first suggestion is to drop the word "control" in favor of "manage"
or "regulate".
> 1) In your corporation, or in general, how effective is corporate
> governance with respect to strategic control?
Strategic Control is a pipe dream. The Desire for Control sets up
a conflict and a competition. It is a fundamental theorem of Control
Theory that one cannot control that which one cannot observe. And
so people in the organization devise clever and subversive ways to
prevent those in control from observing the parameters they seek to
regulate, thus derailing their ability to steer the helm.
> 2) How well does top management in your corporation use strategic
> control to keep the company's internal dimensions aligned with its
> external environment?
The external environment is one of relentless competition, undergirded
by subtle methods of fear induction, damage induction, pain induction,
and anguish induction (commonly known as "terrorism"). It is a mistake
for any organizization to align itself with that culture, as it's a
losing proposition. No sustainable system can emerge from a culture
driven by fear.
> 3) Does your company use competitive benchmarking standards (such
> as PIMS) as a base for strategic control?
Never heard of PIMS.
Barry Kort, Ph.D.
MIT Media Lab
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