strategic direction

collocation in English

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strategic
adjective
uk
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/us
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/
helping to achieve a plan, for example in business ...
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direction
noun
uk
/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us
/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofstrategicanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It also gave them the possibility to consolidate their position as those responsible for the ideological andstrategicdirectionof the party.
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What would this mean in the day-to-day operations of the company and to itsstrategicdirection?
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Under this model the health sector would providestrategicdirectionto the entire health system instead of being one of the weaker health service providers.
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A user wanting to buy or sell a good creates an agent, gives it somestrategicdirection, and sends it o into a centralized agent marketplace.
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Britain'sstrategicdirectionof the war did not come off the rails for two reasons.
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What we also really need now is a bearing, a clearstrategicdirection, which is what we lack most at the moment.
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As a result, their financial mechanism—the global environment facility—has been left largely without any clearstrategicdirection.
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It is important that a society should not change itsstrategicdirectionwithout consulting its members.
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His qualifications for helping in thestrategicdirectionof that company, with its wide international ramifications, are self-evident.
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Ultimately, the most important role of non-executive directors is as monitors and advisers on thestrategicdirectionof a company.
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They will help to givestrategicdirection, to protect the public and to ensure that the interests of the public are given primary concern.
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We have to provide clear,strategicdirectionto ensure that the different parts of the system work efficiently and coherently together.
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It can introduce a democratic process to the nationalstrategicdirectionwhich has to be given.
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It will bring clarity, certainty and a new sense ofstrategicdirectionto the planning system.
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The authority will givestrategicdirectionto the industry, which has been lacking since the industry was privatised.
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People are appointed for their personal qualities, and for the skills they bring to the leadership andstrategicdirectionof the national health service.
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The main accountability tools for this purpose are a business plan, astrategicdirection, annual accounts and an annual report.
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In turn, their role would be to provide astrategicdirectionfor the business, to maximise the benefit to the community.
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They will fail the college and the dedicated people who work there if they fail to providestrategicdirection.
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I am also not against priority setting forstrategicdirectionor prioritisation.
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