M Hay,P Williamson
M Hay
Creating an adequate supply of the requisite skills and competitive capabilities is a fundamental objective of strategy. Managing this process in an effective and systematic manner is difficult. Employing the strategic staircase is a proven...
T G Marx
T G Marx
The purpose of this article is to explore the reasons for the decline in the importance and practice of strategic planning across American industry. The article identifies numerous bureaucratic obstacles to effective planning, and suggests ...
A Campbell,S Yeung
A Campbell
M P Lyons
M P Lyons
The concept of 'strategic options' has become firmly established in recent years--this regards choices such as 'organic growth', acquisition, merger, and so on. This paper explores one such route forward, the option of joint-ventures. The e...
Creating a sense of mission [0.03%]
塑造神圣感
A Campbell,S Yeung
A Campbell
Mission is still a relatively neglected area of management, and there is no clear agreement on what it encompasses. The Ashridge Strategic Management Centre conducted a 2-year research project designed to fill this gap. The research found t...
M Klemm,S Sanderson,G Luffman
M Klemm
This article investigates the reasons for the increasing use of the Company Mission Statement. Using information from a survey of U.K. companies in 1989 it looks at the types of statements issued by companies, their content, usage, and valu...
J Denis,A Langley,D Lozeau
J Denis
This paper suggests that the difficulties associated with the application of formal strategic planning in public professional service organizations may have been underestimated in much of the literature. A survey of written strategic plans ...
A Davies
A Davies
Although the planning operation is regarded by some observers as unrealistic in conditions of rapid change and increasing competition, the discipline of strategic thinking and the need for strategic leadership continue to be of vital import...
M Javidan
M Javidan
This article conducts a thorough review of the extensive literature on executive leadership. It provides a definition for the concept of superior executive leadership and then presents a model explaining the key roles and attributes require...
J P Kohl,A N Miller,L Barton
J P Kohl
AIDS is a contemporary phenomena that has been extensively covered by the media but its impact on the employers of the sufferers is only now being measured and assessed. This article describes the personnel policies that have been developed...