Planning Review: Volume 6 Issue 5
Table of contents
The crisis of unmanageability: Adapt to change or perish
Hazel HendersonToday we are experiencing in the increasingly turbulent corporate environment, nothing less than a challenge to the Divine Right of Management. We see this phenomenon not only in…
The positive consciousness process
Jay S. Mendell, W. Lynn TannerMany corporate and public affairs planners and chief executive officers have found productive ways of planning which involve new ways of looking at themselves, their businesses…
Canada needs national goals
J.A. BarnhillFrom an administrative perspective, Canada as a nation has been generally in a “state of drift.” With the exception of the anti‐inflation program, efforts made by the government…
The (not too) rocky road for economic growth
Donald C. BaronThe economic disruptions of the 1970s have created considerable uncertainty concerning the outlook for future long‐term economic growth in the United States. Many economists and…
Too much planning is “Half‐Brained”
Jack BolognaThe editorial on metarational planning in the September, 1977 issue of Planning Review brought back some fond memories of a brainstorm session we held with our staff in 1974. The…
Making R & D management work
Milton LeontiadesIs your company wondering how to manage the R&D function? If so, Dr. Steele's book is worth reading. It is written by an expert (Ph.D. from MIT with 20 years experience) in…
Long‐range planning is not for everyone
H. Jack Shapiro, Ernest A. KallmanSince the turn of the century management researchers, among others, have exhorted business firms to plan for their future. To us it seems obvious that the greater a firm's…