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Overview – Article – Five Reasons Why Strategic Plans Fail

Why Strategic Plans Fail By Randall Rollinson There are many reasons why strategic plans fail to be realized by the organizations conceive them. Here are five of them: Failure to…

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Overview – Resource – Ten Major Strategic Management Schools #1

Instead of Introduction Ten deeply embedded, though narrow, concepts typically dominate current thinking on strategy. These range from the early Design and Planning schools to the more recent Learning, Cultural…

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Overview – Resource – Ten Major Strategic Management Schools #2

Mintzberg’s Ten Schools of Thought about Strategy Formation Model Approach Basis Contributions Limitations Typical The Design School A process of conception Clear and unique strategies are formulated. The internal situation…

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Overview Resource Sun Tzu

The Art of War by Sun Tzu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War Around 2,300 years ago, Sun Tzu is credited for having written The Art of War, a compilation of essays that might well…

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Phase 1.1 – Article – Corporate Portfolio Management

In 1970, Bruce D. Henderson, founder of the Boston Consulting Group, introduced the growth-share matrix, a framework for categorizing the various businesses in a company’s portfolio in terms of their…

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Phase 1.1 – Article – Developing Strategy Leaders

The size and complexity of modern organizations operating in turbulent, even chaotic, environments has put a premium on competent strategy leaders. This is particularly true in midsize and larger organizations…

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Phase 1.1 – Article – Strategic Leaders Manage Assumptions

Strategic leadership is a shared responsibility of many from across the organization coming together to exercise their particular leadership responsibilities in a distributed, integrated and systematic fashion. This is a…

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Phase 1.1 – Mini Case Study – Apple From the iPod to the iPad

Apple from the iPod to the iPad This is the case study of Apple in the digital age. The great era of the iPod, the development of the digital hub…

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Phase 1.1 – Sample – FBFM Focus Group Report

I. Introduction and Background The Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association is a cooperative educational-service program designed to assist farmers with management decision-making. The organization utilizes Farm Analysis Specialists to…

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Phase 1.2 – Article – Measure Twice Cut Once

Growing up in Southern Illinois in the 1950’s and 1960’s was the formative period in my life. I can’t tell you how many times my brother and I were cautioned…

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Phase 1.2 – Resource – Change Management Models

Phase I: Assess and Organize Change Management Models According to an article in Forbes, Change Management Guru is the world’s oldest profession. Almost everyone has a few theories about change…

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Phase 1.2 – Resource-Change Management Planning Checklist and Activity Calendar

Phase I: Assess and Organize Communication and Change Management Plan Checklist GENERIC CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLAN Involve the right stakeholders in the planning and implementation processes. Identify Teams Core Planning Team….

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