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.   

Count On It! - Most owners and CEOs know what's important to their enterprise, but can't (or don't) measure those things. This article explores the power of tracking what's important.
Publisher: ManagerWise.com     Author: Gary Lockwood   

Creating Your Future - Five important lessons in planning for the future.
Publisher: ManagerWise.com     Author: Thomas W. McKee   

Decisions to Make Before Organizational Change - Perhaps one of the most critical (and obvious) factors in successful organizational change is planning.
Publisher: Organizedchange.com     Author: David Chaudron, PhD   

Developing a Business Strategy - Introduces strategic planning and offers a systematic approach to devising a 3-page strategic plan.
Publisher: PlanWare     Author: Brian Flanagan   

Developing a Team or Organization Vision - Visionary leaders are seldom born that way (how many of those birth announcements have you seen lately?). Nor are they necessarily charismatic. They have had to work at making visioning habitual.
Publisher: ManagerWise.com     Author: Jim Clemmer   

Developing Value Statements: Lessons From War - The world's current plight to rid the world of demented individuals who claim to kill in the name of religion also provides some valuable lessons for strategic management.
Publisher: The CEO Refresher     Author: Scott Valentine   

Devising Venture Strategies - Characteristics of sucessful businesses, use of SWOTs and other techniques for developing strategies.
Publisher: PlanWare     Author: Brian Flanagan   

Doing Business in a Volatile World - This is a roundtable discussion by Graziadio School faculty reflecting on some of the impacts of the September 11 attacks on business. The discuss strategic issues, but also organizational issues and basic values.
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: Faculty Members of the Graziadio School