Planning Review: Volume 7 Issue 4
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Examining the future to plan more effectively
Robert D. Smith, Buddy Myers, John Doutt, George ValliAnalysis of social trends of the past several decades indicates the growth of significant social‐political issues which, if predicted in the late 1950s, might have made the…
GPO—planning the unplannable
John J. BoyleWithin the Federal Government, there is a manufacturing operation, the Government Printing Office (GPO), that operates without subsidy or direct appropriation from Congress and…
Plotting the planners place
J.C. CamillusDefining the appropriate role of the corporate planning manager can be critical to the effectiveness of planning systems. Depending on the nature of the organization and the…
Wanted, preferably alive: Reliable information on Mexico
Robert W. WestNorth American corporations and financial institutions have suddenly awakened to Mexico and are looking more carefully than ever at this rapidly growing neighbor to the South. But…
Social demands: Continuing pinch threatens business
Milton LeontiadesThe social responsibility of business is not a new issue, but it is certainly one whose time arrived during the 1960s and early 1970s. There are today few issues of greater…
Planning viewpoint: Top management
George SawyerPlanning is action laid out in advance. It is a central, essential function of management, because a manager must lay out some pattern of action in order to direct effectively the…