Organization for long range planning—A survey of German companies

Keppler, Werner; Bamberger, Ingolf; Gabele, Eduard

doi:10.1016/0024-6301(79)90099-2

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“…In addition, the long-term commitment of these resources influences management to do more planning. High capital intensity creates a situation in which unpredictable changes in the environment can cause considerable risks and ad hoc changes cannot be realized except at a high cost (Keppler et al, 1979). Thus:…”

Section: Capital Zntensity and Strategic Planninxmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of Strategic Planning Systems in Large Organizations: A Contingency Approach*

Kukalis

1991

J Management Studies

108

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This study investigates the relationship among four design parameters of planning systems and five different firm and environmental characteristics. The impact of this multivariate relationship on organizational effectiveness is then examined using a sample of 115 large manufacturing firms. The findings show general support for the proposition that, in order to be effective, a strategic planning system should be designed in such a way that the specific situational setting of the firm is reflected in the design. The analysis also indicates that firms adopt a more flexible planning system -captured here by two key variables, planning horizon, and frequency of plan reviews -as the level of environmental complexity increases. Implications for future research are discussed.

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Section: Capital Zntensity and Strategic Planninxmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of Strategic Planning Systems in Large Organizations: A Contingency Approach*

Kukalis

1991

J Management Studies

108

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“…Henry (1977) assesses the attitude of a management towards planning as the most critical factor for successful planning and implementation of plans. Keppler, Bamberger, and Gabele (1979) also established that in German organisations, support of management for planning and content of planning on the basis of goals and ideas, were also extremely important, but rare. As it was found in the survey on budget planning in local community's governments by Poister and Streib (2005, p. 45), managers were enthusiastic about their experiences with strategic planning and largely satisfied with their achievement of goals and objectives.…”

Section: Legally Adequate Content Of Budget Plans Of Primary Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, attitude of management towards planning is addressed as the most critical factor for successful planning by Henry (1977) who correlates success of planning directly to the rate of active integration of a headmaster in planning. At the same time Keppler et al (1979) assess that there is often a lack of support of management for planning in German organisations.…”

Section: Legally Adequate Content Of Budget Plans Of Primary Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of school management on legally adequate content of a budget plan: The evidence from Slovenia

Horvat

Zvorc²,

Skoko³

2019

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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Management of a primary school in Slovenia is binded to preparing content of budget plan by law and by legal requirements of a local community. Budget plan is a result of financial planning. By Slovenian law management of a primary school is responsible for preparing for budget plan. Management of a primary school in Slovenia is actually a headmaster, usually elected by teachers and thus having no preliminary financial education. The only employee in school, assisting management in budget plan preparation, is an accountant. In our study, we tested if attitude of management to planning together with communication between management and accountant, impacts legally adequate content of schools' budget plans. This was tested on a sample of public primary schools in Slovenia with the t-test for independent samples and the principal components analysis. We found that only communication between the management and accountant impacts legally adequate content of these plans. These findings suggest more financial trainings for schools' management and increased role of local communities, as well as state's institutions, in controlling if plans are law-compliant. Since schools are major consumers of public money, inadequate schools' plans impact negatively local community's and state's budgets.

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Strategic management in a new framework

Cauwenbergh

Cool

1982

Strategic Management Journal

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The present article is concerned with strategic management as a specific field of general management. The authors analyse the nature of strategy formation in complex organizations and present some tools for improving this critical activity. Section 2 sets out with a simple terminology and framework for the analysis of strategic management. Next, an open‐systems view is presented for analysing the strategic activity and a brief literature survey is added to support the concepts presented (Section 3). After discussing their own model of strategic management in complex organizations, the authors proceed to investigate the task of top managers in this specific field (Section 4). Finally, the concepts presented are confronted with specific management modes, drawn from literature reporting on German and Japanese business practice (Section 5).

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Organization for long range planning—A survey of German companies

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Determinants of Strategic Planning Systems in Large Organizations: A Contingency Approach*

Determinants of Strategic Planning Systems in Large Organizations: A Contingency Approach*

Impact of school management on legally adequate content of a budget plan: The evidence from Slovenia

Strategic management in a new framework

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