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How to make sure your company actually does what it decided to do , explained system by system across “number” pages of usable knowledge.

  • How to translate strategy into controlled execution, from setting targets to correcting course
  • Master proven systems including Simons’ Levers of Control, Hoshin Kanri, Variance Analysis, and EVA
  • Use practical tools like KPI driver trees, the Incentive Alignment Matrix, and the control tightness spectrum
  • Learn from real patterns where metrics got gamed, accountability collapsed, and execution quietly drifted

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About Decision Models Explained

Whether you are a business owner, a senior manager, or an operator responsible for making strategy actually happen, this book gives you the systems to close the gap between intent and action.

This eBook walks you through how companies maintain control after the plan is set, from building feedback loops and assigning accountability to measuring performance without distorting behavior. It presents 14 proven control systems used to align metrics, incentives, and actions across every level of the organization.

Covering planning, measurement, incentive design, risk defense, and implementation, it ensures you can install discipline that holds even when people don’t. With real gaming patterns and ready-to-use frameworks, this eBook becomes the go-to reference you reach for every time execution starts to drift.

Table of contents

    Part 1: Why Companies Lose Control

  1. The Gap Between Strategy And Execution
  2. What Management Control Actually Means (And What It Doesn’t)
  3. The Three Silent Killers: Drift, Gaming, And Misalignment
  4. Why Dashboards Lie And Reports Hide The Truth
  5. Why Culture Alone Can’t Hold

    6. Part 2: Simons’ Levers Of Control

  6. The Four Levers: Belief Systems, Boundary Systems, Diagnostic Controls, Interactive Controls
  7. How The Levers Work Together And What Breaks When One Is Missing
  8. Matching The Right Lever To The Right Situation
  9. Quick Audit: Which Levers Are Strong And Which Are Absent In Your Company

    10. Part 3: The Management Control Loop

  10. The Foundational Cycle: Plan, Measure, Compare, Correct, Repeat
  11. Where Most Companies Break The Loop (And Why They Don’t Notice)
  12. Feedback Speed: The Delay Between Action And Information Determines Control Quality
  13. How To Install The Loop At Every Level

    14. Part 4: The OODA Loop

  14. Observe, Orient, Decide, Act: The Fast-Cycle Control System
  15. Why Orientation Is The Most Overlooked And Most Decisive Step
  16. OODA Vs. The Management Control Loop: When To Use Which
  17. How Faster Loops Create Competitive Advantage In Volatile Environments

    18. Part 5: Hoshin Kanri: Strategy Deployment

  18. The Japanese System For Cascading Strategy Into Action At Every Level
  19. The X-Matrix: Objectives, Strategies, Projects, And Metrics On One Page
  20. Catchball: The Built-In Negotiation Process Between Levels
  21. How Hoshin Kanri Installs Vertical Alignment Without Top-Down Rigidity

    22. Part 6: Responsibility Centers

  22. The Four Types: Cost Centers, Revenue Centers, Profit Centers, Investment Centers
  23. The Principle: Only Hold People Accountable For What They Can Influence
  24. What Each Center Controls, What It Doesn’t, And How To Measure It Fairly
  25. The Most Common Mistake: Treating A Cost Center Like A Profit Center

    26. Part 7: KPI Trees And Driver Trees

  26. Why Top-Level Metrics Are Useless Without A Breakdown
  27. Building A Driver Tree: Start With The Outcome, Decompose Into The Levers
  28. How To Identify Which Drivers Are Controllable And Which Are Noise
  29. The Rule: If You Can’t Trace A KPI To An Action Someone Owns, It’s Decoration

    30. Part 8: Variance Analysis

  30. The Structured Method For Answering “Why Did Results Differ From Plan?”
  31. The Five Core Variances: Price, Volume, Mix, Efficiency, Spending
  32. Separating Variances You Caused From Variances That Happened To You
  33. How To Turn Variance Reviews Into Decision-Forcing Conversations

    34. Part 9: EVA: Economic Value Added

  34. The One Question: Is This Unit Creating Or Destroying Value After The Cost Of Capital?
  35. How EVA Cuts Through Accounting Tricks And Revenue Vanity
  36. Calculating EVA: Net Operating Profit After Tax Minus Capital Charge
  37. Using EVA To Compare Divisions, Evaluate Investments, And Expose Hidden Value Destruction

    38. Part 10: The Performance Prism

  38. Beyond Shareholders: Five Facets Of Performance Measurement
  39. Stakeholder Satisfaction, Stakeholder Contribution, Strategies, Processes, Capabilities
  40. Why Starting With “What Do Stakeholders Want?” Changes Everything
  41. When To Use The Performance Prism Vs. Simpler Frameworks

    42. Part 11: Incentive Alignment And Metric Gaming

  42. Why Good People Game Bad Systems
  43. Goodhart’s Law: When A Measure Becomes A Target, It Ceases To Be A Good Measure
  44. Common Gaming Patterns: Threshold Manipulation, Timing Games, Denominator Tricks
  45. The Incentive Alignment Matrix: Mapping Metrics Against Desired Behaviors
  46. Designing Metrics That Resist Gaming

    47. Part 12: Control Tightness Spectrum

  47. Not Every Function Needs The Same Level Of Control
  48. Where To Tighten: Cash, Compliance, Financial Reporting, Safety
  49. Where To Loosen: R&D, Creative Functions, Early-Stage Initiatives
  50. The Criteria: Reversibility, Financial Exposure, Speed Requirements, Talent Type

    51. Part 13: The 3 Lines Of Defense

  51. First Line: Operational Management Owns Risk Day To Day
  52. Second Line: Risk And Compliance Functions Set Standards And Monitor
  53. Third Line: Internal Audit Provides Independent Assurance
  54. Where The Gaps Between Lines Form And How Failures Slip Through

    55. Part 14: Red Flag / Green Flag Reporting

  55. Why Yellow Lights Kill Control Systems
  56. The Binary System: Red Or Green, Nothing In Between
  57. How Removing “Mostly Fine” Forces Honesty And Speeds Escalation
  58. Designing Triggers: What Qualifies As Red, Who Escalates, And How Fast

    59. Part 15: Building Your Control System

  59. The Management Control Audit: A Structured Diagnostic
  60. Map Your Control Loop, Define Responsibility Centers, Build Driver Trees
  61. Install Variance Reviews, Audit Incentive Alignment, Calibrate Control Tightness
  62. The 30-Day Quick Wins And The 90-Day Build

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