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Differentiate strategic thinking from operational thinking

Operational thinking
– Has a specific focus
– mechanistic thinking
– Ensures compliance to rules and regulations
– Mobilizes resources to support day-to-day running of the organization
Strategic thinking
– Focuses in a broad scope
– Strategic thinkers are very influential
– Systems thinking
– Strategic thinkers are futuristic which means that they are visionaries
– They are results oriented