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...

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...

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...

Defining strategic position of the organizations within the industry environment is one of the basic and most important phases of strategic planning to which extent that one of the fundamental schools of strategic planning is the strategic positioning school. In today’s knowledge-based economy and dynamic environment, it is essential for universities as the centers of education, knowledge creat...

Growing complexity of the data and processes to be managed, as well as the transition from strict governmental regulation towards autonomy make academic institutions a significant consumer of advanced software solutions. Strategic management requires a comprehensive analysis of large data volumes from heterogeneous sources, often imprecise and incomplete. Our aim is to assist university policy-...

Schools in various parts of the world adopt plans or projects to improve quality school processes and students’ learning. Therefore, it is important understand strategic planning such as teachers’ participation on decision making related plans. Apparently a limited number studies have hitherto been conducted planning. The purpose this paper examine action Portuguese schools. A survey employing ...

The study investigates the availability of strategic plans or policies for the development of digital libraries in selected universities in Ghana. A case study approach was adopted and interviews were held with three university librarians to determine their views on planning and budgeting for digitization. The findings reveal that all three university libraries have strategic plans, though some...