October 10, 2007
by Oliver
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For all who are interested in issues of strategic planning I would like to recommend a new article from TheMcKinseyQuarterly. It is now available online without being a premium member of their web services. Core statements are Only 45 percent … Continue reading
October 4, 2007
by Dagmar
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Strategic planning meetings are a very controversial thing. They have a bit of a reputation to be just another fancy management trend. I have to admit that I, too, have my doubts if all of these meetings are worth the … Continue reading
August 2, 2007
by Oliver
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When you observe strategic planning processes in different organizations it is possible to find “closed shop†planning processes. In some cases only top manager “develop†the strategy, in other situations they are supported by specialised departments. Various sources in the … Continue reading
July 19, 2007
by Oliver
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In a former post I discussed whether companies have a strategy or not. So, we found out that there are some options that strategies might not exist in your organization and that for a very specific reason the absence of … Continue reading
June 25, 2007
by Oliver
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Sometimes during discussions I receive the question, whether there is a link between learning organizations, knowledge and strategic planning. My answer is “yes†and I would like to illustrate this matter a little bit more. Before I start I have to … Continue reading
November 8, 2006
by Oliver
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There are a lot of definitions for strategic planning. Also there are a lot of critics and discussion about it; I agree that in general it is not possible organise the generation of insight and synthesis. Other critic factors focus on … Continue reading
October 30, 2006
by Dagmar
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The probably most common way to develop strategies is to ask (and hopefully answer) questions like: Which products do we want to offer? In which markets? How are we going to do that? Do we want to do that on … Continue reading