STRATEGIC PLANNING IN A TURBULENT ENVIRONMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE OIL MAJORS ROBERT M. GRANT* McDonough School of Business‚ Georgetown University‚ Washington‚ DC‚ U.S.A. The long-running debate between the ‘rational design’ and ‘emergent process’ schools of strategy formation has involved caricatures of firms’ strategic planning processes‚ but little empirical evidence of whether and how companies plan. Despite the presumption that environmental turbulence renders conventional strategic planning all
Premium Strategic management Strategic planning Management
PLANNING IN POSTMODERN TIMES THE RTPI Library Series Editors: Cliff Hague‚ Heriot Watt University‚ Edinburgh‚ Scotland Robin Boyle‚ Wayne State University‚ Michigan‚ USA Robert Upton‚ RTPI‚ London‚ UK Published in conjunction with The Royal Town Planning Institute‚ this series of leading-edge texts looks at all aspects of spatial planning theory and practice from a comparative and international perspective. The series • explores the dimensions of spatial planning and urbanism‚ in
Premium Town and country planning in the United Kingdom Age of Enlightenment Sociology
Planning Policy Section Of Gondor District CounciL Advices on Focusing Landscape Matters in The New Planning of Gondor A Report to Mr. David Aragorn Landscape Planner-090163951 February 2012 Advices on Focusing Landscape Matters in The New Planning of Gondor February 2012 1 INTRODUCTION 1. As a member who signed and ratified the European Landscape Convention (ELC)‚ UK needs to make a public and national commitment to support the containing principles. The UK government indicates that the
Premium Town and country planning in the United Kingdom Local government
Business Law 110 Capacity and Legality Question and Problems 1. In the United States the idea of an “age of majority” for granted; the only question is whether it should be 18‚ 19‚ or 21. Though in Great Britain there is no age at which a young person acquires the legal capacity to enter into a contract. British courts will not enforce contracts with immature minors. However‚ they make the decision of whether a person is too immature to enter into contract on a case-by-case basis. If the
Premium Contract Contract law
How did strategic planning help during the economic crisis? falseWilson‚ James W; Eilertsen‚ Soren. Strategy & Leadership38.2 (2010): 5-14. Abstract (summary) The purpose of this paper is to understand the extent to which organizations were prepared for the economic crisis‚ the nature of responses‚ and factors that might explain preparedness and modes of response. The survey conducted in July 2009 and sponsored… [ Show all ] The purpose of this paper is to understand the extent to
Premium Strategic planning Strategic management Financial crisis
In the years following the formal introduction Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in the early 1990s‚ there have been few ERP implementations that have been managed successfully‚ including those introduced by large corporations. Although much capital is usually put into ERP implementation‚ lack of key business practices has prevented extensive success. This paper reviews failed ERP implementations in three large organizations. It analyzes the reasons for the failures as well as the lessons
Premium Enterprise resource planning
Disaster Recovery Planning in Banking Sector Introduction On September 11‚ 2001‚ the terrorist attack destroyed the World Trade Center in New York‚ which was the most highly concentrated financial area. This attack not only destroyed the twin towers‚ but also ruined the financial system. Banks located in the World Trade Center went through an unprecedented disaster. The company’s back-up facilities which were too close to the primary facilities were disrupted as the primary facilities. Single
Premium Disaster recovery Bank Business continuity planning
Paper Enterprise Resource Planning Subject Code-C102 MM.100 Part One: Multiple Choices Answers: 1. (c) Method of effective planning of all the resources in an organization 2. (b) Who have developed the ERP packages. 3. (a) Design step of ERP. 4. (a) Re-engineering
Premium Enterprise resource planning
Name Date Institution Operation Capacity Doughnuts are pastries made from dough and deep-fried. Fried pastries in the form of doughnuts have many forms from all over the world. They can be either savory or sweet depending on one’s preference. However‚ most people‚ like in the United States‚ prefer them as sweet treats that they mostly enjoy during breakfast or snacks for in between the day. Although some doughnuts are filled with pastry cream or jam‚ the most common one is
Premium Doughnut
Critical Article Review Executive Summary In Strategic Planning in a Turbulent Environment: Evidence from the Oil Majors‚ Robert Grant looks at the characteristics of strategic planning systems of large‚ multinational firms in an attempt to provide insight into whether and how companies plan. Using in-depth case studies of the planning systems of eight of the world’s largest oil companies‚ Plant shows that strategic planning continues to play a key role in the management systems of large companies
Premium Strategic planning Strategic management