Designed to help business executives bridge the gap between strategic planning and the actual implementation of those plans, this volume describes a formal and proven six-step system that uses an "Office of Strategy Management" to deliver results. Kaplan (Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School) and Norton, the founder of a business consultancy, explain how this new position/department can be used to develop strategies through analysis and the clarifying of goals, creating theme-based measures and initiatives, aligning the rest of the company to this strategy, setting priorities and allocating resources, monitoring operations and testing and adapting the strategy. The authors also provide advice on how to hold operational and strategy review meetings to obtain long-term results. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)