Strategic planning : what every manager must know /
Steiner, George A.
Strategic planning : what every manager must know / George Albert Steiner - New York : Free Press Paperbacks, c1979 - ix, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Nature and Importance of Strategic Planning -- 1. Strategic Management and Strategic Planning -- 2. What Is Strategic Planning? -- 3. Why Systematic Strategic Planning Pays Off -- II. Organizing for Strategic Planning -- 4. Organizing the Strategic Planning Process -- 5. The Chief Executive Officer and Strategic Planning -- 6. Overcoming Anti-planning Biases -- III. Key Considerations in Doing Planning -- 7. Alternative Planning Postures, Cognitive Styles, and Values -- 8. The Situation Audit -- 9. Developing Basic Business Purposes and Missions -- 10. Developing Long-Range Planning Objectives -- 11. Formulating Program Strategies -- 12. Medium-Range Functional Programming -- 13. Translating Strategic Plans into Current Decisions -- 14. Contingency Planning and Alternative Futures Explorations -- 15. The Executive View of Analytical Techniques for Planning -- IV. Implementing Plans -- 16. The Nature and Design of Control Systems -- 17. The Human Dimension in Implementation -- V. Evaluating and Reenergizing the System -- 18. Dangers to Avoid in Strategic Planning -- 19. Evaluating the Planning System and Maintaining a High Payoff -- VI. Applicability of Business Planning Experience in Other Areas -- 20. Personal Lifetime Planning -- 21. What the Private Sector Can Teach the Not-for-Profit Sector -- VII. Concluding Observations -- 22. The Current State of the Art and Future Trends.
This self-taught course in formal management planning presents information for effective organization, acquiring and using information, developing objectives, and translating strategic plans into current decisions.
29311101
STRATEGIC PLANNING
HD 30.28 .S74 1979
Strategic planning : what every manager must know / George Albert Steiner - New York : Free Press Paperbacks, c1979 - ix, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Nature and Importance of Strategic Planning -- 1. Strategic Management and Strategic Planning -- 2. What Is Strategic Planning? -- 3. Why Systematic Strategic Planning Pays Off -- II. Organizing for Strategic Planning -- 4. Organizing the Strategic Planning Process -- 5. The Chief Executive Officer and Strategic Planning -- 6. Overcoming Anti-planning Biases -- III. Key Considerations in Doing Planning -- 7. Alternative Planning Postures, Cognitive Styles, and Values -- 8. The Situation Audit -- 9. Developing Basic Business Purposes and Missions -- 10. Developing Long-Range Planning Objectives -- 11. Formulating Program Strategies -- 12. Medium-Range Functional Programming -- 13. Translating Strategic Plans into Current Decisions -- 14. Contingency Planning and Alternative Futures Explorations -- 15. The Executive View of Analytical Techniques for Planning -- IV. Implementing Plans -- 16. The Nature and Design of Control Systems -- 17. The Human Dimension in Implementation -- V. Evaluating and Reenergizing the System -- 18. Dangers to Avoid in Strategic Planning -- 19. Evaluating the Planning System and Maintaining a High Payoff -- VI. Applicability of Business Planning Experience in Other Areas -- 20. Personal Lifetime Planning -- 21. What the Private Sector Can Teach the Not-for-Profit Sector -- VII. Concluding Observations -- 22. The Current State of the Art and Future Trends.
This self-taught course in formal management planning presents information for effective organization, acquiring and using information, developing objectives, and translating strategic plans into current decisions.
29311101
STRATEGIC PLANNING
HD 30.28 .S74 1979