Well-conceived policies and operating procedures facilitate strategy execution in all of the following ways EXCEPT they:
A) provide top-down guidance regarding how things are to be done.
B) help ensure consistency in how execution-critical activities are performed.
C) promote the creation of a work climate that facilitates good strategy execution.
D) facilitate cost cutting (finding ways to do less with less)while undertaking new strategic initiatives.
E) channel individual and group efforts along a strategy-supportive path.

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Policies and operating procedures typically do not facilitate cost-cutting efforts. Instead, they are designed to guide and streamline execution-critical activities and enable effective strategy implementation. While cost-cutting efforts may inform the development of policies and operating procedures, they are not a primary focus.

Well-Conceived Policies and Operating Procedures Facilitate Strategy Execution in All