ent within which it functions. Organizations functioning within a stable external environment typically have formal internal organizational structures with clearly established and observed operating procedures and rules, and a well defined hierarchy of authority. Within such organizations, decision making is typically top-down in character. This type of organizational structure is mechanistic in character.
The actions deduced in the forward mapping process become successively more detailed as the strategy analysis and development process proceeds down the organizational hierarchy. At the bottom, the forward mapping process states as precisely as is feasible how a satisfactory outcome will be both defined and measured.
Applying the Backward Mapping Process
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