Title:
Strategic planning : readings
Author:
Smit, P. J.
ISBN:
9780702152047
Publication Information:
Kenwyn, South Africa : Juta, 1999.
Physical Description:
237 pages
Contents:
Shifting the strategic management paradigm -- The long and short of strategic planning -- Does strategic planning improve company performance? -- Strategic management -- tasks and challenges in the 1990s -- Pressures from stakeholders hit Japanese companies -- Macroenvironmental analysis for strategic management -- How competitive forces shape strategy -- Assessing and enhancing strategic capability : a value-driven approach -- Brief case : mission, vision and strategic intent -- Demystifying vision -- Mission statements make cents -- Leadership and vision -- Mission statements revisited -- Setting business objectives and measuring performance -- On objectives -- Strategic downsizing -- Competence and strategic paradox.
Abstract:
"Deals with the strategies that organisations employ to survive in an increasingly unpredictable environment. This compilation consists of a number of articles, written by leaders in the field, that reflect current wisdom and contemporary thought on aligning businesses with their environments."
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