Irv Beiman著

中国の戦略的な管理は巨大な挑戦である。 作戦は何であるか。 私達はいかに私達の意欲的な成長ターゲットに当るために収入を増加してもいいか。 私達はいかにより有効そして収益性を維持するか、または高めるために私達の資産をより有効に使ってもいいか。 私達の既存の顧客はなぜ私達から買い続けるべきであるか。 私達はいかに新しい顧客を引き付け、保つか。 私達が作戦について明確あれば、私達はいかにそれを効果的に伝えてもいいか。 私達はいかに私達が成功する必要がある焦点を作成してもいいか。 勝つ確実私達私達は方法について正しいであるか。 そうで間違ったあれば必要な調節をするには、私達は十分にすぐに調べてもいいか。 私達はいかに非常に乱流の国内およびグローバル・ビジネスの環境で私達の作戦を効果的に管理してもいいか。 私達の作戦を実行するために重大ある、そしていかに何これらの区域の十分な機能を有するために私達が私達を保証してもいい戦略的な能力はであるか。 ソフトウェアおよびそれは何私達が私達の戦略的な性能を監視し、もっと効果的に実行することを可能にする下部組織であるか。

これらは中国の地面の作戦を管理するときについて心配するべき質問のちょうどいくつかである。 10年間以上中国の戦略的な管理の関係者観測者として、私は発展に変更の起こを見る。 中国に拡大の基盤がのある 最も最近の管理に注意を払っているマネージャー戦略的な管理および彼らでおよびエグゼクティブは速く学んでいる向く。 Their practical penchant for determining what works and then adapting it for their own needs is either heartening or disturbing, depending on whether you are their customer or their competitor. Foreign invested enterprises in most major industries are increasingly troubled by their competitors’ ability to adapt innovations to better fit this market’s needs and deliver them at lower cost.

Chinese companies face the same problem. Innovations are rapidly assimilated by domestic competitors who often deliver at lower cost. Consider the case of a successful first level subsidiary of a state owned bank. It was ranked as the #1 performer among first level subsidiaries of this Fortune 500 Bank for 4 consecutive years. It was also #1 in revenue growth and profitability compared to its local competition. The bank’s strategy had been to focus on product leadership and innovation. It was the first bank in its area to establish 3 special centers – for housing mortgages, car loans, and currency trading – with each attracting many new customers. The bank had also created many new financial products for the private sector including telephone banking, Internet banking, government bonds, and foreign exchange products. Other state owned banks in the local area were following the bank’s business strategy, and competition was rapidly intensifying.

This bank’s strategy involved a focus on products rather than customers. For example, high net worth individuals had to travel to special centers at different locations to obtain a housing mortgage and a car loan. The bank was not delivering total solutions to its strategic customers and the bank’s culture [like most domestic banks] was not customer-focused. The bank did not maintain a customer database. All departments and branches were focused on their own specialty functions and responsibilities without consideration of cross functional business needs.

The bank’s CEO was a capable executive. He had led his organization to success as a product leader in its market. He was innovative and receptive to new management ideas. He recognized that private banking might provide significant growth and profit potential, but he also knew his organization would have to become more customer focused to execute that strategy. He recognized his organization needed to focus on improving key business processes as well as developing new competencies, if it was to successfully implement a more customer focused strategy.

The CEO decided to use a strategic management methodology based on the Balanced Scorecard [BSC] to create the rapid change and new focus required to implement his new strategy. He began by helping his top team get clarity on the new strategy, which included a new value proposition that was focused on high net worth individuals. The top team used a management tool called a strategy map to visually identify strategic themes and objectives for clearly communicating the new strategy to all managers and staff throughout the organization. This leadership group developed a BSC for the entire bank that was cascaded to additional scorecards for all departments and branches, eventually down to the level of individual employees. The design of these balanced scorecards included attention to establishing vertical and horizontal alignment of objectives and measures with the new strategy.

The strategic management and organizational change process included identification of key business processes to improve, as well as careful linkage of employee incentive compensation and competency development with the new strategy. The bank established an information system to monitor strategic performance and report progress as well as identify areas for special attention. Changing all these aspects of the bank’s management systems contributed to a significant culture change throughout the bank. The bank created a dynamic strategic management system that enabled it to improve transparency throughout the organization. This transparency of strategic performance enabled the bank to analyze results and make timely adjustments where they were needed. The bank was able to once again create a significant competitive advantage as a result of dramatic improvements in its strategic management capability. One year after implementing the strategic management system and methodology, they were once again ranked #1 in terms of growth and profitability among more than 30 first level banks within the Fortune 500 Bank.

Dr. Ivr Beiman, http://www.egate-china.com/