Mintzberg, Henry creator text xxu New York The Free Press c1994 monographic eng

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xix,458 p.: ill.; 24cm. Contents: Planning and strategy -- Models of the strategic planning process: The Basic planning model -- Decomposing the basic model -- Sorting out the four hierarchies: objectives, budgets, strategies, programs -- Forms of strategic planning -- Evidence on planning: Survey evidence on ''does planning pay'' -- Anecdotal evidence -- Some deeper evidence -- Planners' responses to the evidence -- Some real pitfalls of planning: Planning and commitment -- Planning and change -- Planning and politics -- Planning and control -- Fundamental fellacies of strategic planning: Some basic assumptions behind strategic planning -- The Fallacy of predetermination -- The Fallacy of detachment -- The Fallacy of formalization -- Planning, plan, planners: Coupling analysis and intuition -- Role of planning: strategic programming -- First role of plans: communication media -- Second role of plans: control devices -- First role of planners: finders of strategy -- Second role of planners: analysts -- Third role of planners: catalysts -- The Planner as strategist -- A Plan for planners -- A Planner for each side of the brain -- Planners in context. Henry Mintzberg Includes Index Strategic Planning HD30.28.M56 0029216052 120919