From Strategic Planning to Competitive Planning - As the business environment tightens, developing effective strategies is crucial. But how can the Competitive Intelligence Analyst suggest avenues to improve the process? This article suggests three avenues:
Publisher: Competia Online Magazine     Author: Estelle Metayer   

How To Achieve Focus, Alignment, Accountability and Results - Traditional approaches to strategy development and implementation are giving way to a more focused, streamlined approach that requires strong, determined leadership. Want to 'give it a try?'
Publisher: Affinity Consulting     Author: Brian Ward   

How to Develop a Personal Vision - Are you a visionary? Or do you prefer to spend your time in the here and now, solving problems and getting on with things? Achieving a balance between 'dreaming' about a desired future state and living in the current state is difficult. These steps will help you resolve this difficulty...
Publisher: Affinity Consulting     Author: Brian Ward   

Increasing the Firm's Strategic IQ: Dynamic versus Static Strategic Planning - In industries where change is constant and revolutionary, key managers and knowledge workers need to learn to think more like a CEO and to be included in a dynamic strategic planning process.
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: Connie James, Ph.D.   

Letting Your Strategic Plan Go - Putting The Plan In Hands Of Lower Management
Publisher: Competia Inc.     Author: Henry Carter   

Managing Innovation through Corporate Venturing - How large firms can capitalize on innovations that may be outside of their core interests.
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: Charles A. Morrissey   

Organizational Purpose: It's More Than You Think - Why do we exist? What's our purpose? Organizations have been wrestling with such questions for years. Off-site retreats, pricey consultants, and cross-organizational forums are just a few of the methods used to answer these critical questions.
Publisher: Wiseleadership.com     Author: Wharton & Roi   

Planning and Goal Setting for Small Business - The planning and controlling functions of management often receive less attention from the small business owner-manager than they should. One way to more effectively fulfill these two functions is through effective goal setting.
Publisher: U.S. Small Business Administration     Author: U.S. Small Business Administration   

Planning as Doing: Accelerating the business planning process - Business planning has come of age. When Henry Mintzberg announced the death of strategic planning, corporate executives breathed a collective sigh of relief. This article proposes a speedier approach to planning and implementation...
Publisher: Affinity Consulting     Author: Brian Ward   

Planning in a Complex World - Defines the concept of "tacit complexity" and shows how this combination of tacit knowledge and complexity theory can help in developing creative strategic planning
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: W. Scott Sherman