Defining strategic management has never been easy. I recently confronted this problem again while teaching two courses on strategic management this past summer. I have taught strategic management many ...

Starting a new business requires careful planning to maximize the chances of success. Many small businesses are unable to make profit and fail within the first few years of operation. The terms ...

A preoccupation with immediate issues can result in a small businesses losing sight of the importance of planning for long-term business goals and objectives. The first step in management refers to a ...

Most contractors have trusted go/no go criteria. But looking at the bigger picture is also important for jobs that create new ...

Today we continue our conversation with Roger L. Martin (Read Part 1 here), Thinkers50’s 2017 #1 management thinker. Roger is a trusted strategy advisor to the CEOs of companies worldwide including ...

"Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term which achieves advantage for the organization through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment, to ...

Strategy strategy, in my hair. On my road to scale I bumped into End Game, stumbled onto Systems Change, which confused my Theory of Change. My Mission’s drifting and my Vision’s blurry. My ...

Working closely with the human capital director, he set about developing a “market shaper” culture—an organization perceived as driving the evolution of the sector—to stimulate more innovation and ...

As The Plan for Bucknell 2025 approaches the end of its timeframe, the University has begun laying the foundation to develop new strategic initiatives that will position us to adapt to near and ...