Simulating strategic information systems planning process using fuzzy cogniti…

Strategic information systems planning (SISP) is one of the key factors in modern information age. Proposition of different methods for strategic information system planning baffle the organisations about using which of them. The problem here is the complexity of dealing with strategic information system planning due to superabundant factors engaged in it. In this paper the applications of…

Strategic Management Accounting: Lots in a Name?

Despite its thirty year history, strategic management accounting has yet to establish itself as a core element of managerial accounting. That it has the capacity to do so is immediately apparent from the term itself, which in turn explains its continuing appeal for those attracted to developing and promoting it. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that by reconceptualising strategic managem…

Strategic management of government-sponsored R&D portfolios

Although strategic management of R&D portfolios is common practice in private sector R&D, government R&D management tends to be more discrete and ad hoc, focusing on generating maximum output from individual projects. Often, there is no clear notion of the desired public sector output.Whereas private sector R&D evaluation is generally straightforward, with the function of R&D being measured…

Strategic Management of Clinical Services

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Strategic Management for Tourism

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Structures of Strategic Management of Technology in a Conceptual Framework of…

The purpose of this research is to introduce structures of strategic management of technology as elements in a conceptual framework. Design/methodology/approach: The approach of this study is abductive. The original framework is expanded and validated through inference to findings of large and small to medium-sized enterprise practices through interviews, finally ending on theory matching. …

Advances and Challenges in Strategic Management

The field of business policy/strategic management has offered a variety of frameworks and concepts during the last half century, many aimed at “taking business and its management seriously.” Research conferences and resulting books and journals have provided intellectual momentum, augmented by stimulation from challenges to “conventional wisdom” experienced in the global market. Almost …

USING BEHAVIORAL SIMULATIONS IN TEACHING STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESSES

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Can compensation be strategic? A review of compensation management practice i…

Compensation is a key element of the employment relationship and, in addition to being the single greatest operating cost for many organizations, it has been advocated by some recently as a tool for enhancing organizational performance and sustained competitiveness. Contemporary approaches to compensation emphasize the importance of aligning employee behaviors to the strategic direction of …

Strategic Management for Senior Leaders: A Handbook for Implementation

This handbook has been organized in three main sections. Section I provides guidance on the processes which comprise strategic management. These are: pre-planning, strategic planning, deployment, implementation, and measurement and evaluation. A model is presented in An Introduction to Strategic Management and this model is repeated in each chapter, highlighting the process being addressed.

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SURPLUS

In today's uncertain business environment, managing a life insurance company requires a much higher caliber of financial management than in the past. A company must be in a position to control its own destiny, rather than having its fate dictated by outside forces. This paper outlines a framework for managing life insurance company surplus. Within this framework, a company can assess the a…

Towards a Stakeholder Theory of Strategic Management

This paper suggests that due to the changing nature of the firm, viewing shareholders as the sole residual claimants is an increasingly tenuous description of the actual relationships among a corporation’s various stakeholders. Thus, a shareholder wealth perspective is increasingly unsatisfactory for accurately answering the two fundamental questions concerning the theory of the firm: that of…

STRATEGIC THINKING

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The State of Public Strategic Management Research: A Selective Literature Rev…

Strategic planning and related strategic management elements have become ubiquitous practices at all levels of U.S. government and many nonprofit organizations over the past 25 years. The authors review strategic planning and management research over that time period using the premises of practice theory to guide the discussion. The review is organized according to 10 research directions propos…

Strategic Management Accounting and Control

This paper discusses the design characteristics management accounting systems should have to be useful for strategic planning and control and provides brief introductions to strategic variance analysis and profit-linked performance measurement models. It shows two multi-period, multi-product models (Banker, Chang and Majumdar 1993; Banker and Johnston 1989) are specified, can be related to Port…

The Strategic Management Frameworks

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TOWARD A MODEL OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS: SCENARIO BUILDING…

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Lessons from the Evolution of the Strategy Paradigm

Review of the strategy literature indicates there has been five phases in the evolution of the field since World War II. The paradigm was at its peak in the 1970s with the strategic planning phase, however, prescriptive approaches to strategy formulation and implementation were demonstrated to be inadequate in this period in the face of environmental uncertainty. In the 1980s the field evol…

Relevance of Strategic Management for Universities

This article tries to identify the crucial dimensions of strategic management in universities. To do so, the author looks at some practical cases of successful strategic decisionmaking in European universities. This case study approach is motivated by the conviction that in universities strategic management should be done with a permanent eye on their specific organisational environment ra…

Strategic Management CONCEPTS AND CASES

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Strategic Management

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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES

The purpose of the guidelines is to highlight the significance of strategic management and strategic planning, and to provide assistance to SAIs on how they should be strategically positioned to meet the challenges of both their internal and external environments. It is intended that the guidelines are used by all SAIs within the PASAI region

Strategic Management Export Consortia

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Strategic Management Process

Wheelen and Hunger (2002) say that strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of an organization. It includes environmental scanning (both external and internal) strategy formulation (strategic or long- range planning), strategy implementation and evaluation and control. The study of strategic management emphasizes the monitori…

Strategic management theory and application

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Strategic Management and Universities’ Institutional Development

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Strategic Management in Construction

This book is aimed at students, graduates, and practitioners in all fields of the built environment. The secund edition has been subject tu a cunsiderable overhaul from the publication of tlie first edition in 1991. At that time the constriaction industry was in the midst of a severe recession and construction corporations were actively considering strategic issues. The professions were st…

Mapping Strategic Management Research

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Mapping Strategic Management Research

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Strategic management

The aim of this study is to examine employee perceptions of flexible work arrangements with special emphasis on part-­‐time work, in light of the different contexts they find themselves in. It further seeks to understand the effects of part-­‐time work on The literature review discusses various contextual factors that impact employee perceptions, such as public and organisational co…

Scenario analysis as a strategic management tool

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