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Custom‐designed Programmes : The Strategic Response and Implementation Issues Faced by Business Schools

Cockerill, Tony - In: Executive Development 7 (1994) 5, pp. 28-32

Management education and training needs to be specific to strategic aims of organizations. Considers the advantages of company programmes and examines the experience of Manchester Business School in using real consultancy assignments for students. Presents a strategic assessment of the...

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Perspectives on leadership in business schools

Thomas, Howard; Thomas, Lynne - In: Journal of Management Development 30 (2011) 5, pp. 526-540

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on leadership in business schools. It seeks to advocate examining strategic leadership processes through the exploration of interactions between such multiple constituencies as the dean, faculty, university councils and advisory boards....

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Defining “strategy” : Creating a common language of business terminology

In: Strategic Direction 25 (2009) 4, pp. 9-11

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...

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Rethinking strategic marketing: achieving breakthrough results

Fodness, Dale - In: Journal of Business Strategy 26 (2005) 3, pp. 20-34

Purpose – To provide a practical overview of strategic thinking concepts and practices for marketing and other managers … illustrated by case studies and examples from a range of industries to aid managers in their successful application. The … it applies to strategic planning and this paper offers managers practical help in identifying and developing strategic …

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A risk‐based approach to strategy execution

Sheehan, Norman T. - In: Journal of Business Strategy 31 (2010) 5, pp. 25-37

strategy. The primary advantage of an integrated risk‐based management control system is that it allows managers, in real time …

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Developing Marketing Strategy: A Framework

Jain, Subhash C.; Punj, Girish - In: Marketing Intelligence & Planning 5 (1987) 1, pp. 34-39

Strategic marketing is linked to marketing management. The process is presented by a model, the framework of which can be used for understanding the interrelationships between strategic and practice/implementation considerations within marketing. An attempt is made to synthesise existing...

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Sitting on a new strategy for growth : Incubation suits the “new economy”

In: Strategic Direction 25 (2009) 9, pp. 9-11

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...

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Grey areas in ivory‐tower strategies : Plugging gap between “intended” and “enacted”

In: Strategic Direction 27 (2011) 4, pp. 29-31

impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Top managers need to be much more involved in executing new … strategies. By predicting where lower level managers are likely to lose focus, top managers can intervene to ensure that the …

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Formalizing deployment processes in the US Government

Hacker, Marla E.; Kotnour, Tim; Mallak, Larry A. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 3, pp. 221-240

The linkage between strategic planning and daily activities within an organization is often obscure. Perhaps as a consequence, many well‐developed strategic plans fail to be implemented, and required goals and objectives are not attained. Strategy deployment processes link strategic plans with...

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Strategic Planning and Large Information Systems Installations

Sen, Dhruba - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 86 (1986) 7/8, pp. 3-15

Prominent figures in the Information Systems (IS) industry have been propagating the need to integrate the information systems plan of a company with its strategic business plan. They have urged the executive level management to take an active part in charting the role of Information Technology...

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