Showing papers in "Long Range Planning in 1969"

TL;DR: Ringbakk et al. as mentioned in this paper conducted an empirical study of organized corporate planning in 40 major U.S. companies and found that formal planning is not as well accepted and practiced as one might presume.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present some research conclusions as a number of "propositions" about technological innovation which are intended mainly for managers of business and government institutions, and claim that western nations are foregoing great opportunities by taking a short-term view.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the problem of the technological gap between Europe and the U.S. and argue that European Companies and Governments probably have a great deal to learn from Japan in being profoundly original in developing national and corporate strategies which are in harmony with their own resources and contraints.

TL;DR: Improvements in the Delphi technique are suggested which would change it from an ad hoc method old crytal ball gazing into a system for continuous consultation among “responsible organizations”.

TL;DR: In this article, the author of the leading text on physical distribution management analyses U.S. experience in this area and concludes that the concept of a "total distribution system" has become a relatively common operating philosophy for many American companies.

TL;DR: The role of the chief executive in corporate planning is discussed in this article, where the author analyzes the job of a chief executive and his responsibilities for planning, by reference to management surveys, specimen job descriptions, and the comments of senior executives from major companies.

TL;DR: In this paper, a quantitative analysis of the value of a basic research activity to the U.K.A. was carried out jointly by the Authority and the Programmes Analysis Unit.

TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits from global movements can be estimated by formulating operations research models; these benefits provide bounds against which to gauge the behavioral costs of intervening in the affairs of subsidiaries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explain the concept of a model and outline the ways in which modelling techniques may be used to answer some of the financial questions which arise in long range planning.

TL;DR: In this article, the author argues that Overbury confuses Technological Forecasting with Long Range Planning, and he is concerned that the Delphi Technique cannot do his long range planning for him.

TL;DR: In this paper, the author emphasizes the importance of setting opening priorities, sizing up the organizational climate, and aiming to produce tangible results as soon as possible, and suggests specific approaches to setting objectives, appraising the environment, developing planning systems, planning for acquisitions, and for growth.

TL;DR: Haggerty as discussed by the authors discusses the problem of how an organization can become older and yet stay flexible and adaptable, and explains how at Texas Instruments he has tried to develop a system or framework within which continuous innovation, renewal and rebirth can occur.

TL;DR: Fisher as discussed by the authors describes the major characteristics of the Planning Program Budgeting System (P.P.B) with examples taken from the Department of Defense, transportation, public utilities, education, etc.

TL;DR: Hetrick as discussed by the authors discusses the need for a screening definition of an opportunity and the use of a consistent measure of return on capital, with detailed examples, using the Monte Carlo method, and the balancing of risk on different projects, by the application of the Markowitz approach and Matrix Games.

TL;DR: In this article, the concept of "gap analysis" is used to force top management to make continual and realistic comparisons between their stated objectives and the forecast results of present plans, which may be used to improve the performance of long range planning.

TL;DR: Argenti as mentioned in this paper argues for a simple objective stated in terms of Return on Equity capital, and sees the demand of employees, suppliers, and customers as constraints, rejecting the "stakeholder" theory.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the concept of Corporate Planning and present an introduction to this new management subject, to enable board members and senior executives to gain an appreciation of its importance and the impact it can make on any substantial corporate enterprise.

TL;DR: Hetrick as discussed by the authors described a quantitative approach to corporate long range planning to evaluate growth prospects in specific sectors of the economy in an attempt to define the company's customers in the broad sense of economic sectors.

TL;DR: A positive trend is under way among progressive industrialists to plan their facilities better as mentioned in this paper, which involves making plans based on longer range projections, and analysing facilities problems in greater depth and with improved methods.

TL;DR: In this paper, the author, the Director General of one of Europe's largest chemical companies, explains his approach to long range planning, an approach which seems to have resulted in a remarkably successful introduction of the techniques in his own company.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the Corporate Planning System at Fyffes Group Limited, which has the major attributes referred to in planning theory: strategic plans, operating plans, project plans, contingency plans, etc.

TL;DR: Hetrick as discussed by the authors discusses the use of mathematical models in evaluating major capital investment and emphasizes the need to consider a program of investments rather than isolating investment in one single facility.

TL;DR: A survey of corporate planning in Britain suggests that the way the process is organized varies with the need of the firm as discussed by the authors and that there appear to be two types of needs which foster the development of the planning activity, strategy development and co-ordination.

TL;DR: The Management by Objectives (MBO) system as mentioned in this paper aims to integrate the company's objectives for profit and growth with the personal goals and satisfaction of managers by translating these into key objectives and performance standards to which individual managers are committed.

TL;DR: The Sabi Limpopo Authority as discussed by the authors is the regional planning and development body for an area of 26,000 square miles, responsible for exploiting a river catchment of nearly twice this size, guiding the investment of nearly £300 million, and creating a livelihood for 2 million people in a previously almost uninhabited corner of Rhodesia.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of diversification in the Swiss Chemical Industry, dealing with the four Basle firms, CIBA, GEIGY, ROCHE & SANDOZ, is presented.

TL;DR: The personnel strategy of Shell U.K. is analyzed and the development of a computer based information system, attempts to determine the cost effectiveness of manpower, and the use of the Behavioural Sciences in a positive effort to shape personnel relations in the company are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, an Executive Director of British Rail, and a former Director of Planning, describes the development of planning in the British nationalised railway system from plans which were partial and ad hoc, towards integrated corporate planning with the aid of computers.