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Strategies§ The guiding rationale and high-level choices within whicha work system, organization, or firm is designed andoperates.§ Strategies at the department and enterprise level may help inexplaining why the work system operates as it does andwhether it is operating properly.§ A work system’s strategy (its guiding rationale and highlevelchoices) should be aligned with the strategy of theorganization and firm that it serves.§ E.g., a work system designed to produce the highestquality products might not fit in an organization operatingunder a cost minimization strategy.