Planning Review: Volume 6 Issue 3
Table of contents
The myth of stability
R.J.A.Our planning systems are predicated upon a variety of myths. One of the most cherished is the myth of stability: “Business as usual” is a very comforting notion. Organizations…
Focus on future business — North or South?
Andre van DamThe world press courteously chronicled the petering out of the Conference on International Economic Cooperation in June of 1977 and turned its attention to more violent headlines.
Canada's uncertain industrial prospects
James M. GilmourFor the past two years the Science Council of Canada has been engaged in a broadly‐based study of Canadian manufacturing industry. The Council sensed along with other…
Debunking the monolithic mogul
L. Daniel Maxim, William CartwrightThe past few years have witnessed a substantial growth in development and use of computerized financial planning models. Success stories involving the use of planning models…
A new route to the bottom line
S. RanjiPlanners and managers may be prisoners of their companies' accounting systems and not even know it. This is particularly true in companies that can make a variety of products by…