Strategic planning and change management. Examples of Barcelona, Seville and Saragossa (Spain)

Abstract

"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved. "Tzun Tzu.Abstract. This work attempts to underline that motivating and managing change in the mentality of its environment, and being in tune with society's changing needs is the basis of successful strategic planning. Our aim is to highlight planning as a way of learning, that is, planning implies changing ways of thinking, not making plans. Strategic learning requires releasing the mind in order to slip flexibly into the continuous line and to achieve the creation of possible action courses from a fertile dialogue between thought and action. Using our insights from the two literatures, we propose a dynamic, integrative conceptual model of change based on organizational learning. This practice has been analysed in three Spanish cities where important events have taken place.

Leader’s capabilities in the industry 4.0: Are leaders geared up to take challenges?

“…All the selected constructs that are the strategic planning capability, the learning capability and the resource allocation capability have the positive and significant relationship with leader's readiness for change although it is to note that the resource allocation capability has the weakest relationship of all. The organizations can benefit a lot when their leaders are ready to adopt change especially when it comes to the adoption of technological change through strategic planning (González, & González, 2015).…”

“…The support the leaders leading the electronics producing concerns. Strategic planning has the strongest relationship with readiness for adopting change (González, & González, 2015). The leaders stand ready to adopt the change as they see their bright future keeping in view the technological trends and keeping in view the benefits that technological changes bring with them (Sterling, 2003).…”

“…The leaders concerned with pro-activeness assess their capabilities regularly and record the feedback from the stakeholders on a continuous basis and evaluate the happenings taking place in the environment (Cândido Carlos & Santos Sérgio, 2015). This helps them foresee the future and develop the strategic vision for availing emerging opportunities (Saji, 2012; González, & González, 2015). The leaders welcoming the newer technology and standing ready to take up the technological changes tend to have better results in terms of their organizational performance (Hayes, 2014).…”

Assessing economic pressure on the forest fund of Maramureș County – Romania

“…This shows an increase in illegally harvested forest areas. The analysis of economic sectors which put pressure on the local forests shows an alarming increase that compels decision makers to develop strategic planning documents (Gonzalez, Gonzalez 2015) to strictly stop the phenomenon.…”