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By Business Week - After a decade of gritty downsizing, Big Thinkers are back in corporate vogue Viewed 1689 Times )

By Ronald Gunn - The contemporary focus on operational improvements a la TQM and Reengineering can result in doing the wrong things right. This means that the organization invests its talents, time and money into pursuing perfection for a product/service that has already seen its heyday Viewed 1218 Times )

By Robert Bacal - A question and some answers about why strategic plans ended up covered in dust in the back of the drawer. Viewed 1946 Times )

By No Author Indicated - When you begin the process of strategic planning, visioning comes first. When visioning the change, ask yourself, What is our preferred future? Viewed 1705 Times )

By Marcel Messier - One of the biggest challenges for any company lies in achieving organizational alignment: that desired state in which the entire enterprise is working together to achieve business goals. But just like the tires on a car, if just one piece isn't aligned with the others, there will be no forward movement. And unlike a car, creating full alignment in an organization can't be achieved just by tinkering around with a few key components. Instead, achieving alignment involves a top-to-bottom transformation, in which leadership communicates goals and expectations and everyone has an understanding of what is expected and what they must do to advance the organization. Viewed 9 Times )

By Carter McNamara - There is no one perfect strategic planning model for each organization. Each organization ends up developing its own nature and model of strategic planning, often by selecting a model and modifying it as they go along in developing their own planning process. The following models provide a range of alternatives from which organizations might select an approach and begin to develop their own strategic planning process Viewed 919 Times )

By Jeff Hiatt - Is a vision and strategic plan something you should worry about? Or is this something only for an executive team or the top leaders of your organization? You can answer these questions yourself Viewed 869 Times )

By NSBA - Strategic planning can be a tremendous communication and marketing campaign, don't miss the opportunity. Build your communication plan before strategic planning begins, don't wait until the end to do PR. You will benefit tremendously with a good communication plan Viewed 1480 Times )