Strategy and Tactics

Differences

• Strategy: Refers to a broad, long-term plan to achieve an objective. It focuses on the overall direction and making important decisions, such as the choice of the composition or purpose of resources.

• Tactical: Focuses on the specific short-term actions taken to implement the strategy. It is the detailed plan that is developed to achieve specific objectives and adjusted as needed.

In summary, strategy is the overall plan and tactics are the specific actions taken to implement that plan.

Quotes

“A good strategist need not be a good tactician and vice versa.”

“Not only strategy gives rise to tactics. Tactics also give rise to strategies”