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The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
Authors: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
Publication Date: August 4, 2008
Description: Senior executives love to plan strategies. They believe this puts them in the exalted company of Napoleon, Sun-Tzu and Clausewitz. Indeed, for CEOs and their corporate colleagues, developing strategy is the heart of executive leadership. Unfortunately, most companies end up with strategies that are not linked to their actual operations. The result? Strategy that is not strategic, since companies are unable to implement it.
Strategy experts Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton created the Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Maps, and have now developed a versatile, six-stage program your corporation can use to mesh its strategy with its operations. This process will help you: develop the strategy; plan the strategy; align the organization with the strategy; plan operations; monitor and learn; and test and adapt the strategy.
Author Bios: Robert S. Kaplan is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School and chairman of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative.
Other works by these authors:
The Balanced Scorecard
The Strategy-Focused Organization
Strategy Maps
Alignment
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing
Cost & Effect
Relevance Lost
Contact: publicity@hbr.org
Rainey Bethea walks up the stairs with guards for his public execution, in this Aug. 15, 1936, file photo in Owensboro, KY. The era of public executions in the United States sputtered to a halt after 20,000 turned out for the 1936 hanging of Bethea, a black man convicted of raping and killing a white woman. (AP file photo)
Defend International condemned the executions of two Kurdish political activists, both convicted of being “mohareb,” enemies of God. They were tortured, denied fair trails, and forced to ‘confess’ under duress. Thus, the Iranian authorities appear to be guilty of acts of cruelty that are in violation of both national and international laws.
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Execution Rocks Lighthouse is located in Long Island Sound. Legend has it that the British used to chain prisoners to the rocks at low tide and wait for them to drown as the tide came in. The lighthouse was built in the 1840's and recently handed over to a non-profit for restoration. It is a 30 minute boat ride away from the shore, and has no electricity or running water, plus it is rumored to be haunted.
Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833, oil on canvas, 246 x 297 cm (The National Gallery, London)
Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam The Netherlands – Architects: Brinkman and Van der Vlugt – masterplan 1914 – 1923; design 1923 – 1925; execution 1925 - 1931
The Van Nelle Factory is one of the highlights of the Modern Movement in the Netherlands. The impressive glass building is not only an example of functionalism and rational production, but also improved working conditions for workers in the twentieth century. The restored building is now one of the most important monuments of Rotterdam
The Firm Van Nelle was selling coffee, tea, tobacco and snuff in Rotterdam since 1782. The entirely new complex consists of the actual factory building, an office building, a warehouse, expedition and storage depots along the canal, a boiler house and several workshops. A cafeteria and sports fields were also to be found in the area. The factory building consists of three elongated in height sloping parts separated by stairwells. Tobacco has eight, coffee five and tea factory three floors. The staircases house the washing and changing facilities, toilets and lifts, separated for men and women. This allowed for continues factory floors and easily adjustable layouts. By using a concrete frame the non-load bearing facades could be made almost entirely of glass with only thin steel frames. Light and air could penetrate deep into the building. The expedition and storage strip along the water is connected to the main building by overhead conveyor bridges. Another sky bridge connects the plant to the office at the entrance of the complex. The office consists of a strip with two layers of offices and a large open space with glass walls and glass meeting rooms. The office follows the curve in the road. During construction, a tea room on the roof of the tobacco factory was added.
In 1942, low-rise warehouses designed by Brinkman and Van den Broek were realized. In 1974 at the back of the building, a new distribution centre was built. In 1951 other products such as pudding and chewing gum made their entrance. After a takeover by the American Standard Brands in 1989, Van Nelle competitor Sara Lee / Douwe Egberts, sold the complex in 1995, so it could finally get the status of national monument. Using the name Van Nelle Design Factory, the complex started a new life. The factory complex was restored by Wessel de Jonge and Claessens Erdmann. The transparency of the factory floor was maintained as much as possible by the new climate walls on the inside. The new inner facades are made of aluminium and therefore clearly identifiable as new elements. On the floors office spaces of various sizes have been realized for the creative sector. The ground floor is used for exhibitions and conferences. The adjacent buildings have been restored and are used by a number of architectural firms.
Even as just a debuting Maiko, Teruyo has invested much work into her performance! It takes good attention and dexterity for perfect timing.
This room contains 131 nooses hanging from the ceiling, representing the 131 government opponents who were executed under apartheid South Africa's antiterrorism laws.
The government claimed that many other political prisoners had committed suicide. It is well known and accepted now that many were tortured to death.
هذا رجل اطفاء ما كان يؤدي عمله بشكل جيد فقررت إعدامه ليكون عبره للآخرين :)
وأحب أشكر أبو ناصر على المعاونة العظيمة في الورشة شكرا جزيلا لك .
This block is believed to have been used in the beheading of Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat in 1747, after he was captured following the Battle of Culloden. Lovat was the last man in Britain to be beheaded, and was publicly executed on Tower Hill. He is buried in the St Peter ad Vincula Chapel in the Tower of London.
Congress’ Role in the Making and Execution of National Security Policy in the Trump Era
President Obama and the Republican Congress were usually at odds over national security policy. With a Republican in the White House now, will the President and Congress see eye to eye on threats and their solutions, or will differing institutional pressures and perspectives keep the respective ends of Pennsylvania Avenue apart? And, will the congressional investigations of Russia’s attempt to influence the presidential election end with a bang or a whimper? However the investigations conclude, what impact will they have on the relationship between the two branches?
Michael McCaul, Chairman, House Committee on Homeland Security; US Representative for Texas’ 10th Congressional District
Stephanie Murphy, US Representative for Florida’s 7th Congressional District
Adam Schiff, Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; US Representative for California’s 28th Congressional District
Mac Thornberry, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee; US Representative for Texas’ 13th Congressional District
Moderator: Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker
Photo Credit: Dan Bayer
Site of the pawpaw tree incident where three McCoy brothers were tied to the trees and shot in 1882. This was just on the Kentucky side of the river outside of Matewan, WV.
The historical marker at the site reads: "Pawpaw Tree Incident: This episode is result of 1882 election-day fight. Tolbert, a son of Randolph McCoy, exchanged heated words with Ellison Hatfield, which started a fight. Tolbert, Pharmer and Randolph McCoy Jr. stabbed Ellison to death. Later the three brothers were captured by Hatfield clan, tied to the pawpaw trees, and shot in retaliation."
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