Strategy Implementation Model for Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company (in Persian)

Ahmad Ali Amini Alashti () and Seyed Mohammad Aa`rabi ()
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Ahmad Ali Amini Alashti: Iran University of Industries & Mines, Tehran
Seyed Mohammad Aa`rabi: Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabaee University, Tehran

Management and Development Process Quarterly (٠صلنامه ٠رایند مدیریت و توسعه), 2017, vol. 29, issue 4, 45-78

Abstract: Successful implementation of strategies provides an important competitive advantage for the organization. Practical experience and research show that strategy implementation has great influence on the performance and effectiveness of organizations and is a critical factor for success of a business or an organization. Therefore, without a systematic and detailed approach to the implementation, strategic goals cannot be achieved. Using the ideas of experts and identifying strategy execution factors in Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company, this study tries to develop a model for implementing the company’s strategies. Regarding the results, goals and type of data, this research is developmental, descriptive-explanatory and qualitative respectively. The strategy of the research was based on Grounded Theory. The analysis of the results obtained from the open, axial and selective coding steps show that the main category of organizational elements alignment consisting of three sub-categories of alignment, i.e., structural-behavioral (inter-rganizational contextual factors), functional (process factors), and environmental (external contextual factors), along with the main operational programs category (content factors) are identified as the elements of implementing strategy. Based on the experts’ opinion regarding the relations among categories, a model appropriate to the implementation of strategy in Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company is presented.

Keywords: Strategy Implementation; Alignment; Operational Program; Grounded Theory; Content Factors; Process Factors; Contextual Factors. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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