Strategic Planning - After a decade of gritty downsizing, Big Thinkers are back in corporate vogue.
Publisher: Business Week Online     Author: John A. Byrne   

Strategic Planning - What Works... and What Doesn't - This white paper, based on three presentations, gives a broad perspective of the strategic planning function and offers viable ideas for those holding strategic planning responsibilities.
Publisher: American Productivity & Quality Center     Author: Rick Sessions; Patrick Schaefer ; J.J. Gutierrez   

The Concept of Strategy - Beyond Strategic Planning - Let’s peel away the business academic interpretations and get at the root of thinking strategically.
Publisher: CEO Refresher     Author: Rick Sidorowicz   

3 Practical Strategic Planning Articles to Read - The following list is a compilation of Competia Online Magazine’s best and practical strategic planning articles.
Publisher: Competia Inc.     Author: Multiple   

A Piece of the Puzzle - In times of great change and ambiguity, how do we set meaningful goals? And how do we keep our businesses moving forward and on target? Our businesses and our lives are made up of many small pieces.
Publisher: ManagerWise.com     Author: Gary Lockwood   

Artificial Intelligence Techniques Enhance Business Forecasts - Using artificial intelligence systems such as neural networks, expert systems, and belief networks can enhance the firm's ability to forecast demand, to identify those customers who represent the most potential value to the firm, and to more effectively reach those customers.
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: Owen P. Hall   

Building Support for the Strategic Plan: Aligning Employees with Strategy - One of the most common difficulties companies face in strategic planning is turning their vision into a reality. To transform your organization into the one you envision takes more than great strategy and implementation, you also need to make the strategy an integral part of the very fiber of your organization.
Publisher: The CEO Refresher     Author: Robert W. Bradford   

Communicating Your Strategy: The forgotten fundamental of strategic implementation - Communicating your strategic goals and plans to your employees is crucial for successful implementation of any strategy. The article suggests a framework for successful communication.
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: Jake Laban, MBA and Jack C. Green, Ph.D.   

Connecting the Dots, Part One of a Series - Although long-term strategic planning may be obsolete in a rapidly changing economy, long-term thinking is not. Here are some futures techniques that companies use to anticipate competitive issues that lie ahead.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Shari Caudron   

Consolidate All IT? Deciding whether to bring - Many technology people currently report to a business unit rather than to the corporate IT Department. How do you decide whether to bring them back under direct IT control? The author provides specific questions and "check points" to consider in that decision.
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: Russell Aebig, MBA and Ann Feyerherm, PhD.