Executing strategy

a. tests a manager's ability to overcome resistance to change and convince company personnel of the benefits of adopting a team-based approach to strategy execution.

b. is primarily an operations-driven activity revolving around the management of people, resources, day-to-day operations, business processes, and needed organizational restructuring.

c. is generally an easier managerial task than crafting strategy.

d. in a successful manner consists mainly of concentrated management attention on training the work force in cost-efficient performance of value chain activities and creating incentives to promote fast adoption of best practices.

e. is primarily a task for a company's middle and frontline management team; senior executives rarely get personally involved in the strategy execution process except when things are not going well and corrective actions have to be initiated by top-level executives.