Planning Review: Volume 12 Issue 4
Table of contents
The technology factor in corporate planning
Michael E. BroseWhy have U.S. managers failed to incorporate technology into their strategic planning? A major reason is that too many of them are looking at technology through the wrong end of…
Future search: Innovative business conference
Marvin R. WeisbordThis is the first in a series of how‐to articles for planners written by innovative consultants.
Dofasco's microcomputer decision support system
Paul M. BellackDofasco, Inc., is Canada's second largest fully integrated steel producer. It has an asset base of about $1.5 billion, which generates sales revenues of a similar magnitude…
Technology: A challenge to planners
Pier A. AbettiTechnology planning presents a unique challenge to planners. First, because until technology achieves patents and proprietary know how, it offers high risk and low value. And…
Strategizing for a spectrum of possibilities
Gerard BadlerEstablishing planning process that can cope with a variety of futures requires a solid knowledge of universal givens. You need to know how to position a business to be successful…
Reassure your troops about new marching orders
William ExtonA major petroleum company had grown large and prosperous, absorbed a series of acquisitions, greatly extended both its geographical basis, and its range of activities, and…
The UN as a regulator of private enterprise
Murray L. WeidenbaumMost businesses still think of the UN as an organization devoted primarily to peacekeeping. There is little awareness of the extent to which the UN has become an economic body…