Purpose – To highlight weaknesses in typical analytical approaches to developing strategy and suggest ways of overcoming them Design/methodology/approach – Explain some typical problems by examples; analyse their causes; describe an approach to resolve them by changing the approach to...

Purpose – Government‐owned utility systems at many locations are old, obsolete, and unreliable. Replacement of these systems has become more technically and operationally complex, thereby making them more difficult for personnel to operate and maintain. In response, some governmental...

Purpose – Using the numerical situation analysis (NSA) technique in the development of corporate strategy provides senior managers with a suitable methodology for the creation of alternative strategic options. Subsequently, it may be used to evaluate those options for possible selection and...

Addresses problems facing an organization in terms of the decisions it must take and identifies four standard types: decisions regarding strategy, policy, programmes and standard operating procedures. Suggests strategic decisions are different, however, because they need to be applied to new...

British and American manufacturers continue the struggle to remain competitive, yet there remains a vast amount of unused energy and potential trapped by the inadequate organization of resources. Using a time‐based strategy, the value‐adding capability of the organization can be measured and...

Purpose – This paper sets out to examine the conditions of enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations on the basis of research conducted among practitioners dealing with ERP projects. Design/methodology/approach – This paper builds on the research conducted among a few dozen...

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...

Proposes the MCC decision matrix as a modern equivalent of the original Boston Consulting Group (BCG) portfolio matrix. Focuses on the key questions of mission and core competences which define the axes of the matrix and give it its name. Unlike the BCG matrix, the MCC matrix can be used to...

138 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Published August 1991. Captured November 15, 2007.