General Business Development as a Governance Function: Aligning Field Operations, Investment Strategy, and Executive Decision-Making
Abstract
General Business Development is frequently positioned within organizations as a commercial support function focused on growth initiatives, market expansion, or cross-functional coordination. However, in complex and multi-layered commercial systems, this limited framing obscures its structural significance. When field operations, capital allocation, and executive decision-making processes operate in partial isolation, performance fragmentation emerges. Execution variability increases, investment efficiency declines, and strategic intent becomes diluted across organizational levels. This article reconceptualizes General Business Development as a governance function that integrates operational execution, investment strategy, and executive oversight within a unified decision architecture. Rather than serving merely as a coordinator of growth initiatives, General Business Development is positioned as the structural bridge that aligns field realities with capital discipline and executive priorities. The study argues that sustainable growth requires decision integration, accountability clarity, and structured feedback mechanisms that transcend functional silos. By proposing a governance-based business development model, the article contributes to both corporate governance literature and commercial management theory. It introduces a framework in which business development operates as an integrative platform, ensuring coherence between operational performance, investment sequencing, and strategic decision-making. The model offers practical implications for boards and senior leadership teams seeking to enhance growth resilience and reduce structural misalignment in multi-country commercial organizations.
Keywords
General Business Development; Corporate Governance; Field Operations; Capital Allocation; Executive Decision-Making; Commercial Strategy
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Mufit Ozcan "General Business Development as a Governance Function: Aligning Field Operations, Investment Strategy, and Executive Decision-Making" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 7 Issue 7 2024 Page 805-817 https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV7I7-1714966
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Mufit Ozcan
"General Business Development as a Governance Function: Aligning Field Operations, Investment Strategy, and Executive Decision-Making" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 7(7) https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV7I7-1714966
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