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Clive Shearer
Management
by Design
By Clive Shearer
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July 12, 2006

Management by Design: How to avoid the pitfalls of planning

By CLIVE SHEARER
Special to the Journal

Strategic planning seems like a daunting task. One hears horror stories about companies that spend tens of thousands of dollars developing plans that are never implemented. Perhaps the plans were too complex or unrealistic. Perhaps they laid no groundwork for stakeholder “buy-in.”

To figure out if strategic planning could be simpler and more effective, lets look at two reasons they often fail.


 
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