From Decentralisation of Planning to Peoples Planning - Experiences of the Indian States of Kerala and West Bengal by … Charvak, 2000: The Discussion Paper attempts a comparison of the process of decentralisation of planning in the two States …) as well as the KSSP experiment (from Science Popularisation to Local Level Planning) is also given. The study concludes …

the core of the model is the adaptive planning equation. Other equations are presented and discussed as well. The model is …

Managers are often told that formal planning helps. It is useful to examine whether this is good advice. Thus, I … applaud this effort to study marketing planning in New Zealand. Nevertheless, I find it difficult to accept the conclusions … drawn by the authors of “Marketing Planning in New Zealand” (MPNZ). I am concerned with the definition of marketing planning …

fundamental elements for their planning and management. An important matter could be to define the Mediterranean City, not only …

Individuals and organizations have operated for hundreds of years by planning and forecasting in an intuitive manner …. It was not until the 1950s that formal approaches became popular. Since then, such approaches have been used by business … those problems. However, informal planning and forecasting are expensive activities; this raises questions about their …

Sports and war metaphors abound in business today. For example, one management book, Thunder in the Sky, by Thomas … business world as tantamount to victory in battle.” The book advises American executives to do the same. However, such … metaphors are misleading. The objective in both sports and war is to beat the competitor. Business, on the other hand, aims to …

This paper uses firm level data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in its Business Longitudinal Survey to …