There's a common saying in business that something well-planned is half done. Planning in business management is absolutely critical to the proper functioning of an organization. Business owners and ...

Developing strategies for how a business will use its money, materials and people to accomplish its goals is part of starting and running a business. Within the strategic planning process, a ...

Change in the organization may flow from the strategic planning process or from the vision of the leadership. It may be incremental as annual goals are achieved. It differs from reengineering in that ...

I remember when I first started my leadership development business 30 years ago, strategic planning was considered a top-down effort. I worked with leaders to help them create strategic plans that ...

There are best practices, standard operating procedures and several types of processes in the business world. Processes help maintain order and provide guidelines for a smooth workflow. They are what ...

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

Getting inventories right is hard—but why? In this age of advanced technology, ERP systems, and AI, one would expect companies to leverage these tools as a competitive advantage or, at the very least, ...

Following a strategic management plan can help employees strive for the same goals and maximize the results. Unfortunately, many HR professionals struggle with implementing their strategic management ...

The overall Resource Planning Process is depicted in the Northwestern Resource Planning Process Map. University priorities guide the Resource Planning Process. These priorities inform school/unit ...