New trends and developments in the management of education are revealed. This article assesses the extent to which the management style of “excellent organisations” can be applied to education authorities.

This is an instructive account of how Du Pont UK changed from being a product‐driven organisation to a customer‐driven one in order to maintain its competitive position; a move that was achieved by improving the company′s network of marketing intelligence. The article examines how Du Pont...

This article presents the results of a recent study of the strategic marketing and management priorities of leading British executives. Further, their views on a wide range of current and future strategy issues are compared with earlier research on US and Japanese executives conducted by the...

Marketing “guru” Professor Philip Kotler′s address to a business school graduation ceremony exposed some of his views on issues such as the marketing and positioning of business schools, marketing strategy, and employee involvement in marketing. An anecdotal piece.

Researchers have begun to study the relationships between human resources management practices and Biblical personalities′ organisational characteristics such as competitive strategy, analysis and technology. Joseph′s strategic planning skills and good analytic work in stating the result of...

The tools and techniques of strategic planning are being increasingly used in many parts of the world. Suggests that, although the planners in Bahrain appear to have limited awareness, there is a clear need for them to become more familiar with various tools and techniques to enhance their...

Political risk assessment (PRA) is an integral part of environmental scanning, which in turn is one of the key requirements for effective strategic planning and corporate decision making. Why, then, have a number of multinational corporations (MNCs) discontinued their practice of this vital...

Looks at the benefits of finding ways to simplify the strategic planning process which include saving time in developing a plan and shortening the lead time to implement it, making the plan easier to understand, focusing better on only the most relevant business issues, and assembling a more...