CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS FOR ENSURING THE FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN SMALL BUSINESS ENTITIES
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This article examines the conceptual foundations for ensuring the functional integration of operational and strategic management in small business entities, as well as the economic essence of the interrelationship between these levels of management. The study substantiates the need to align strategic objectives with day-to-day operational processes, transform long-term priorities into specific functional tasks, allocate resources in accordance with strategic directions, and use operational outcomes to update strategic decisions in small business activities. Academic research considers the alignment of strategic priorities with functional and operational activities to be one of the key prerequisites for ensuring organizational performance; in small and medium-sized businesses, identifying gaps between strategic, tactical, and operational levels is recognized as an important means of strengthening management coherence. The main areas of operational and strategic management integration are systematized, including the decomposition of strategic objectives into operational tasks, coordination of functional responsibilities, alignment of resource allocation with priority objectives, integration of operational indicators into the strategic control system, and updating management decisions through feedback mechanisms. The findings substantiate the necessity for small business entities to shift from managing operational efficiency and strategic orientation separately toward an integrated management system based on their continuous functional interaction.Keywords
small business, operational management, strategic management, functional integration, strategic alignment, management levels, strategic priorities, operational processes, resource coordination, strategy implementation, management decisions, feedback, organizational efficiencyReferences
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