strategic-management

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“Notable Quotes”
"Complicated controls do not work. They confuse. They
misdirect attention from what is to be controlled to the
mechanics and methodology of the control."
—Seymour Tilles
"Although Plan A may be selected as the most
realistic . . . the other major alternatives should not be
forgotten. They may well serve as contingency plans."
—Dale McConkey
"Organizations are most vulnerable when they are at the
peak of their success."
—R. T. Lenz
"Strategy evaluation must make it as easy as possible
for managers to revise their plans and reach quick agreement
on the changes."
—Dale McConkey
"While strategy is a word that is usually associated with
the future, its link to the past is no less central. Life is
lived forward but understood backward. Managers may
live strategy in the future, but they understand it
through the past."
—Henry Mintzberg
"Unless strategy evaluation is performed seriously and
systematically, and unless strategists are willing to act
on the results, energy will be used up defending yesterday.
No one will have the time, resources, or will to work on
exploiting today, let alone to work on making tomorrow."
—Peter Drucker
"Executives, consultants, and B-school professors all
agree that strategic planning is now the single most
important management issue and will remain so for the
next five years. Strategy has become a part of the main
agenda at lots of organizations today. Strategic planning
is back with a vengeance."
—John Byrne
"Planners should not plan, but serve as facilitators, catalysts,
inquirers, educators, and synthesizers to guide the
planning process effectively."
—A. Hax and N. Majluf