This article extends the debate regarding the relationship between strategic planning and performance. It addresses criticism of previous empirical studies that have largely investigated direct and bi-variate relationships, producing equivocal results. The current study investigates the mediating effects of four types of flexibility on the strategic planning and performance relationship. Flexib...

Strategic planning is an essential part of establishing the Air Force’s direction. Using a group support system for strategic planning is one avenue to make effective use of technology and improve the strategic planning process. This research implements a group support system (GSS) as a facilitation tool to improve the strategic planning process at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho with the...

the fifth iranian national congress on the biology of addiction was held in 22-24 june 2011 in tehran university of medical sciences with over 100 valuable oral and poster presentations and over 300 participants. one of the main sessions of the congress was devoted to a national strategic planning and iranian drug control head quarter (dchq) introducing the first national executive road map on ...

purpose: to develop strategic planning for ophthalmology education in iran from 2008 to 2010. methods: a qualitative investigation using focus group discussion was conducted during march, 2008 at the ophthalmic research center of shahid beheshti university. six to ten academic members of the ophthalmology department and other stakeholders participated in this study. strengths, weaknesses, oppor...

a r t i c l e i n f o Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a tool that can facilitate sustainable development and improve decision-making by introducing environmental concern early in planning processes. However, various international studies conclude that current planning practice is not taking full advantage of the tool, and we therefore define the paradox of SEA as the methodological ...

A pragmatic approach to strategic planning is presented for use by public and non-profit organizations. Benefits of the process are outlined and two examples of its application are presented-one involving a city government and the other a public health nursing service. Requirements for strategic planning success are discussed. Several conclusions are drawn, namely that: (7) strategic planning i...

Yigitcanlar, Tan and Velibeyoglu, Koray (2008) Knowledge-based strategic planning: harnessing (in)tangible assets of city-regions. Knowledge-based strategic planning: harnessing (in)tangible assets of city-regions Structured Abstract Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate the ways of best managing city-regions' valuable tangible and intangible assets while pursuing a knowledge-based ...

Over the past decade, shifts in subsidized and affordable housing policy have led to a greater role for market dynamics and individual choice on the part of program participants and their new neighbors, and a greater awareness of the importance of neighborhood on family outcomes. Given these trends, there is an opportunity for innovative prescriptive planning models to assist in the design of p...

This study was an analysis of the effect of strategic planning on procurement of medicals in Uganda's regional referral hospitals (RRH's). Medicals were defined as essential medicines, medical devices and medical equipment. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has been carrying out strategic planning for the last 15 years via the Health Sector Strategic Plans. Their assumption was that strategic planni...