“Improving information systems strategic planning” remains among one of top ten issues facing IS/IT executives and corporate general managers. As e-business strategies have received growing attention from enterprises, information systems strategic planning (ISSP) is now considered critical in developing a successful e-strategy. However, numerous researchers have examined the relationship betwee...

This conceptual paper introduces the logic of embeddedness as a new theoretical angle to the IS planning stream of research. Taking two levels of analysis into account, we examine the impact of socially embedded ties on strategic interorganizational system (IOS) planning. We propose that from a dyad perspective, embedded ties facilitate the planning process, and can significantly increase the n...

Wechallenge conventional accounts of the rise and fall of strategic planningby examining the history and evolution of strategic planning practices at the General Electric Company (GE) during six CEO regimes: Wilson, Cordiner, Borch, Jones, Welch and Immelt. We distinguish strategic planningd a system of strategy formulation, decision making and controld from particular planning technologies suc...

This paper explores whether the relationships among different dimensions of strategic planning outcomes are moderated by the predominant participation of top via middle managers in the strategic planning process. Drawing on survey data from 164 large firms, we use structural equation modeling to examine the relationships among four outcome variables. We provide support for three major findings....

strategic planning defines the formal decision of a company for its future. like all organizations, health care sectors need to prepare their strategic planning and act according to it. unesco chair in health edu­cation as a leader health sector, describes the course and steps for preparing its strategic planning based on swot analysis technique.

regarding to importance of strategic planning and existence critical success factors (csfs) affecting strategic planning in national iranian gas company (nigc), these cfss identifies in this research using the experiences of managers and expert of nigc planning department and the other references like books, journals and new papers. the purpose of this research is identifying csfs of strategic ...