资源描述:
《Is_your_Core_Competence_a_Mirage_你地核心竞争力是幻象吗(源自麦肯锡)英文.pdf》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、STRATEGYIsyourcorecompetenceAMIRAGE?WALTERMEAYERSEDWARDS/NATIONALGEOGRAPHICIMAGECOLLECTION40THEMcKINSEYQUARTERLY1997NUMBER1ManagersnowconsiderjustabouteverythingapotentialcompetenceAreyoumeasurablybetter,canyousustainthediÄference,anddoesitmatter?Buildingacorecompet
2、ence:threeoptionsKevinP.CoyneStephenJ.D.HallPatriciaGormanCliÄfordORECOMPETENCEÐtheideaCthatacompanycansucceedwithoutastructuralcompet-itiveadvantagebybecomingthebestatafewkeyskillsorinafewknowledgeareasÐhasenjoyedenormouspopularityoverthepastsixyears.Thearticlethat
3、introducedtheconcept1hasbeenoneofthemostrequestedreprintsintheHarvardBusinessReviewÕshistory.ExecutivemanagementprogramsandMBAcurricularoutinelydevotehourstothesubject,andexecutivesoÄtenrefertotheirownandcompetitorsÕcorecompetencesaskeydriversofstrategy.1C.K.Prahala
4、dandGaryHamel,ÒThecorecompetenceofthecorporation,ÓHarvardBusinessReview,MayÐJune1990,pp.79Ð91.THEMcKINSEYQUARTERLY1997NUMBER141ISYOURCORECOMPETENCEAMIRAGE?Butdespitealltheattentionthisconcepthasreceived,itstangibleimpactoncorporateperformancehasbeenmixedatbest,asthe
5、sestatementsattest:ÒCorecompetencehastoooÄtenbecomeaÔfeelgoodÕexercisethatnoonefails.Ó2ÒTruecorecompetencesarehardtodeÞnepreciselyandareoÄtendiscoveredretrospectively.Thatis,asyouexperiment,youdeÞneyourcompetencesbysimplydescribingyoursuccessesandfailures.Ó3ÒWetalke
6、dto[corecompetenceexperts]andaskedthemtohelpusiden-tifyourcorecompetences.ButaÄterhavingthemworkwithourseniormanagement,leadingthemthroughsomegroupexercises,wereallyhadamessonourhands.WecouldnotdeÞnewhatwascoreasopposedtononcore,andwhatwasacompetenceasopposedtosomep
7、rocessoroÄferingwejustdidwell.Ó4Ourownobservationsbearouttheseviews.Fewmanagerswehavetalkedtocouldclaimtohaveutilizedacorecompetencetoachievesuccessinthemarketplace,andevenfewertohavebuiltacorecompetencefromscratch.Indeed,mostwereuncertainastoexactlywhatqualiÞesasac
8、orecompetence.WeareleÄtwithaconundrum.Corecompetenceisclearlyanimportantconcept,andsomecompaniesseemtobeabletomakeitwork.Butformost,itisli