Strategic planning is by far the most important task of any management team. Unfortunately, far too many entrepreneurs believe that strategic planning is an exercise meant only for big businesses when, in fact, strategic planning is equally applicable and critical to small businesses. The start of any new product/service, program, or change initiative is [...]
In today’s Global economy, there is a high intensity of competition for both physical resources and human capital. In a landmark research, McKinsey Co exposed the ‘war for talent’ as a critical business challenge and a fundamental driver of corporate performance. According to the report, the most important corporate resource over the next 20 years [...]
Article by Robin Dickinson In this fast paced ‘now’ world that we live in, where communication is instant and time is of the essence, we have only a short moment to make our impact. Gone are the days of the old, long winded elevator speech, sharewords are the [...]
Article by Zola Mathe Modern technologies, communication links, and control systems are essential to manage materials, services, and financial goals. A classroom that has effective management is an essential skill that. Thus, good money management is a clear issue for anyone that wants to get and keep a [...]
Strategic planning is vital to not only the operations of non profit organisations, but also to their continued viability as most don’t successfully access grants. A Strategic Plan provides vision to an organisation. If developed properly – the business plan will clearly show the goals and objectives over the next three to five years and [...]
Christine Lewis and William Allan Kritsonis, PhD Introduction Strategic planning is a process of defining schools strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources. Strategic planning is the formal consideration of a school’s future. Strategic planning deals with at least one of three key questions: ”What do we do?” “For whom do [...]