The intention is to describe an approach used at Philips Elektronikindustrier to combine the IRM-study with long range planning of Administration Development Presentation and discussion of methods for systems coordination and planning of AD, based on an information-and system-structure study carried out in 1986. This study has been the basis for long range planning and development of databases ...

Readers of Long Range Planning have had an enduring interest in the effects of formal planning systems on corporate performance [1,2]. According to Greenley's [3] review of the empirical evidence, formal planning has not been shown to be useful to manufacturing companies. My own review of the evidence reaches a more favorable verdict with respect to formal planning. Below, I describe the select...