Successful Strategic Planning

The world of business thinking goes through fashions and style just like anything else. Approaches come along and they are either misunderstood or not suited to the current style. Strategic planning is one of those concepts comes in and out of favour, even though planning is one of the five basic functions of management. Mostly, people have made it more complicated than the basic idea of strategic planning seems to require. It's simple make your action plans within the framework of an overall desired destination and strategies to get there. Stephen Haines has developed a common sense approach to strategic planning based on the heavily researched systems. Thinking Approach in this book he takes you through a simple framework based on three principles: First PLANNING is not a one time event or a spectator sport, it is an integral part of management, a comprehensive system guiding day-to-day activity. Second, PEOPLE support what they help create.