The supply chain of a manufacturing enterprise is a world-wide network of suppliers, factories, warehouses, distribution centres and retailers through which raw materials are acquired, transformed and delivered to customers. Supply chain management is the strategic, tactical and operational level decision making that optimizes supply chain performance. The strategic level defines the supply cha...

This article examines the organisational structure and strategic plans of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU). Although the ATU has been restructured to include private telecommunications entities as associate members, it remains essentially an inter-governmental agency. The article assesses the benefits of a regional approach to telecommunications reform and proposes that regional econo...

BACKGROUND In order to improve the transition from an intention to a change in health behaviour, action planning is a frequently used behavioural change method. The quality of action plans in terms of instrumentality and specificity is important in terms of supporting a successful change in health behaviour. Until now, little has been known about the predictors of action plan generation and the...

Relationships between strategic HRD practices and organizational learning were explored through a literature review. Organizations that learn and develop their SHRD practices have more opportunities to obtain and integrate the nine SHRD outcomes in the learning process: organizational missions and goals, top management leadership, environmental scanning, HRD strategies and plans, strategic part...

extended abstract 1. introduction the united nations in the global conference on the sustainable development that was held in rio de janeiro in 2012 announced that the reform in management system to achieve the goals of sustainable development is essential as well as emphasizing on the use of the optimal management tools applications. the un until 2013 has been consistent with the operational m...

Local governments are at the heart of implementing increasingly ambitious national plans for wind energy. While support by local these has been studied extensively, only few studies have looked into governments’ contestation energy development. In this paper we analyze contentious governance processes in which join efforts with citizen action groups to oppose projects proposed developers or gov...

Most discussions about unsuccessful strategic planning dwell on execution. Few experts have explained how to implement plans better than Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan in their book, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Crown Business, 2002). While they clearly explain the importance of integrating people and operations with plans; their guide, like so many others, still leaves out a...

Purpose – The purpose of the study is to examine how information technology, strategic planning processes, and people interact in an emerging e-government environment. Design/methodology/approach – A discriminant model was developed to test the ability to distinguish between the perceptions of high and low importance of six major e-government functions as a function of a four-item strategic e-g...

In a Multi-Agent System (MAS) co-operation is the key to success. This paper extends the basic framework of strategic planning [2] to the new Adaptive Strategic Planning framework, leading to better co-operation in MAS. The new framework is developed in order to implement the strategic plans that are needed by “Essex Wizards 2001” simulation team. Therefore a number of examples from the RoboCup...