Strategic management, planning and budgets

Linking Strategic Planning and Management Manpower Planning

A well-developed strategic plan is merely an expensive report. It becomes a viable tool when it is placed in the hands of a manager competent to execute the plan. While the link between corporate strategic planning and management manpower planning seems obvious, a recent Business Week article suggests that companies are only now seriously trying to develop formal ties between the two systems. ̂ ...

Strategic Planning, Hypercompetition, and Knowledge Management

Integrating uncertainty management in strategic planning practice

Despite competing in highly turbulent and competitive industry, evidence suggests that construction firms have not put sufficient emphasis on strategic planning. Further, the practice of strategic planning in construction is dominated by informal and sporadic approaches/ processes, which rely heavily on the subjective judgement of top management and tacit knowledge of individuals involved. Lite...

Strategic Planning for Management Information Systems

Planning for the information systems in an organization generally has not been closely related to the overall strategic planning processes through which the organization prepares for its future. An M/S strategic planning process is conceptualized and illustrated as one which /inks the. organization’s "strategy set" tb an MIS "strategy set. " The literature of management information systems (MIS...

Integrated and Problem-Based Management of the Watershed using Strategic Planning Framework

The study aimed to provide a pilot plan to integratedly manage the Barar-rud Watershed in Mazandaran Province based on existing problems. Accordingly, various strategies and their prioritizations were developed for the watershed. Towards that, SWOT was developed through field observation and face-to-face interviews with local stackeholders. The SWOT and quantitative strategic planning matrix we...