Making effective project selection decisions in an enterprise requires a clear idea of where the enterprise is in the current state, what its vision for the future is, and how to make a transition to its desired future state possible. A strategic plan is a document that encompasses this information and is produced as an output of corporate strategic planning. In this paper we examine business m...

BACKGROUND The culture of New Public Management has promoted the diffusion of strategic management tools throughout Public Healthcare Organisations (PHOs). There is consensus that better strategic planning tools are required to achieve higher levels of organisational performance. This paper provides evidence and understanding of the emergent uses and scope of strategic planning in PHOs, in orde...