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REAL‐WORLD DECISION MAKING: THE LIMITS OF TOP MANAGEMENT POWER
Renato MazzoliniEstablished routines, bureaucratic procedures, and inertia often constrain a firm's strategic behavior. Understanding the strategic decision‐making process can help your company…
PLANNING FOR THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT OF THE 1980s
Ram Charan, R. Edward FreemanIt will be global, characterized by more government and a greater need for strategic management. Executives who ignore these changes and operate under the old assumptions will pay…
STRATEGIES FOR DECLINING INDUSTRIES
Kathryn Rudie HarriganHow should your company respond to the complex competitive challenge of declining demand? The model described here can increase your prospects of success.
HOW TO USE STRATEGIC FUNDS PROGRAMMING
Paul J. StonichStrategic Funds Programming is designed to help managers bridge the gap between strategy and action. The process has been implemented successfully in companies in the United…
GLOBESCAN: A WAY TO BETTER INTERNATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Charles W. Hofer, Terry P. HallerHow do you balance the rewards against the risks when you're thinking of new international operations? Here's a technique that works for domestic businesses looking to put a toe…
CORPORATE GROWTH STRATEGIES
William D. GuthDespite the depletion of natural resources and social costs of industrial production, corporate growth will remain a central objective for managers of American corporations in the…
Corporate Strategy
RICHARD RUMELTThere is a real possibility that in the next decade several of the following events will occur:
Boards of Directors
MILTON LAUENSTEINAlfred P. Sloan, in My Years With General Motors, describes how GM came up with the strategic concept that lifted it from a distant second to domination of the automobile industry…
Manufacturing and Technological Strategy
WICKHAM SKINNERManaging manufacturing in mature industries is considered in theory to be routine, with stable products, long runs, and well‐developed process technology. No theory could be less…
New Venture Planning
KARL H. VESPERDevelopment of new ventures, particularly in manufacturing, has slowed in recent years, and today U.S. manufacturing is in decline. Whether or not there is a direct cause and…
Strategic Planning Systems Design and Operation
DON COLLIERIn the design and operation of strategic planning systems, it is assumed that the people involved have a financial incentive to make good plans and then to see that those plans…
Human Resource Strategy
CLIF SPRINGERCorporate managers have an increasing need for data on career paths, compensation, and staffing in corporation planning functions in order to better manage their own operations…
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