Planning Review: Volume 4 Issue 3
Table of contents
Business and society in transformation
Willis W. HarmanAlthough most of us have to be concerned primarily with the welfare of our own organizations, we recognize that these organizations prosper only as the society as a whole…
Corporate planning models: A survey
Thomas H. Naylor, M. James MansfieldThrough direct personal contact we have identified over 2000 corporations in the United States, Canada, and Europe that are either using, developing, or planning to develop some…
Simulation: When all else fails
Robert D. Smith, James G. MorrisTraditionally, corporate planning was, and sometimes still is, a curious blend of aspiration, perspiration, and inspiration. In this age of Future Shock these virtues are…
Rationality, irrationality, and the policy formulation process in large organizations
William K. HallIn almost all discussions of the processes of organizational planning and policy formulation, one is eventually confronted with two contradictory points of view. On one side are…
Pay satisfaction
H. Jack ShapiroPay satisfaction is of vital concern to the individual employee, the individual employer, and, in turn, the entire economic structure. Although much research has been performed in…
Books
Milton LeontiadesThis suspenseful message of Edward R. Bagley's Beyond the Conglomerates is misleading. What is heralded as a view of the corporate future is primarily an extension of the present.