What exactly are strategic issues?
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Strategic issues affect a company in the long run rather than short-term.  Construction is seasonal: it picks up in the spring, and slows down during winter.  Do you hire new people to help finish projects before winter, then lay them off in a few months?  The projects need completed, and overtime is expensive!  But what about the extra people on payroll during the slow part of the year?  What do you do?  If your company has a reputation for layoffs, can you attract good workers next year?  That's a strategic issue, for example.
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Look at the subject index.  There is a general theme of the book that is Problem Management and Developmental Appropriateness.
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CHALLENGES:  different attitudes, tolerance, desire for makeup; different business culture; lack of name recognition; perhaps lack of category recognition; perhaps intolerance of foreign business owners (depending on country); reliability of supply network, retail outlets, promotional media, etc.\nPROSPECTS: potentially less competition, at least initially; potentially cheaper sources of production, distribution; potentially opportunity to grow market AND market share.
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Strategic planning consists of the process of developing strategies to reach a defined objective. As we label a piece of planning "strategic" we expect it to operate on the grand scale and to take in "the big picture" (in contradistinction to "tactical" planning, which by definition has to focus more on the tactics of individual detailed activities). "Long range" planning typically projects current activities and programs into a revised view of the external world, thereby describing results that will most likely occur (whether the planner wants them or not!) "Strategic" planning tries to "create" more desirable future results by (a) influencing the outside world or (b) adapting current programs and actions so as to have more favorable outcomes in the external environment.\n\nStrategic planning takes place primarily in military situations (see military strategy), in business activities and in government. Within business, strategic planning may provide overall direction (called strategic management) to a company or give specific direction in such areas as:\nFinancial strategies\nHuman resource/organizational development strategies\nInformation technology deployments\nMarketing strategy\n\nWithin government, strategic planning provides guidance for organizational management similar to that for business, but also provides guidance for the evolution or modification of public policy and laws. Areas of such public policy include:\nFunding of infrastructure and rate-setting (streets, water-supplies, sewers, and parks)\nFunctional plans such as for land use, transportation, and water resources\nGrowth management and/or comprehensive planning\n\nBut strategic planning can occur in a wide variety of activities from election campaigns to athletic competitions, as well as in strategic games such as chess. This article looks at strategic planning in a generic way so its content can apply to any of the above areas. An effective strategy will:\nHave the capability to obtain the desired objective\nFit well both with the external environment and with an organization's resources and core competencies - it should appear feasible and appropriate\nHave the capability of providing an organization with a sustainable competitive advantage - ideally through uniqueness and sustainability\nProve dynamic, flexible, and able to adapt to changing situations\nSuffice on its own - specifically providing value or favorable outcomes without the need for cross-subsidization\n\nRead more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_planning/\n\nHope this helps.\nGood luck.
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Gonna need more information - u looking for agenda items, programme issues, construction issues.\n\nDrop me a note and I will see what I can do.
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A company can acquire competition.\nCan increase earnings.\nCan enter complimentary businesses.\nCreate economies of scale.\n\nBAD:\nCan lose money.\nCan dilute shareholder equity.\nCan divert attention from core business.\nCan acquire a hornets nest of troubles.
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Their strategies are outlined in their prospectus.  They arent going to explain exactly what it is because they dont want everyone else copying it, especially if it works.  If everyone copied it the strategy would stop working anyway.
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That's one of the issues that needs addressing.  The other big one for me is the fair tax plan.
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Check out http://www2.fhs.usyd.edu.au/arow/o/m05/pp05.htm\nhttp://www.oit.nsw.gov.au/content/2.3.11-IM-Strategic.asp\nhttp://www.ittoolkit.com/
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Issue one ....  Environmental responsibility - I want to be able to live and not just survive.\n\nIssue two ....   Bring home the troops - I don't like spending my money so that the rich can get richer.\n\nIssue three ...  Government accountability returned to the people of the U.S. and out of the multinationals (large businesses with global interests).\n\nI'll vote for anyone who can address my concerns and not just in words but in action.
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What is the rest of the problem?
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strategic planning\n\nStrategic planning consists of the process of developing strategies to reach a defined objective. As we label a piece of planning "strategic" we expect it to operate on the grand scale and to take in "the big picture" (in contradistinction to "tactical" planning, which by definition has to focus more on the tactics of individual detailed activities). "Long range" planning typically projects current activities and programs into a revised view of the external world, thereby describing results that will most likely occur (whether the planner wants them or not!) "Strategic" planning tries to "create" more desirable future results by (a) influencing the outside world or (b) adapting current programs and actions so as to have more favorable outcomes in the external environment.\n\nStrategic planning takes place primarily in military situations (see military strategy), in business activities and in government. Within business, strategic planning may provide overall direction (called strategic management) to a company or give specific direction in such areas as:\n\n    * Financial strategies\n    * Human resource/organizational development strategies\n    * Information technology deployments\n    * Marketing strategy\n\nWithin government, strategic planning provides guidance for organizational management similar to that for business, but also provides guidance for the evolution or modification of public policy and laws. Areas of such public policy include:\n\n    * Funding of infrastructure and rate-setting (streets, water-supplies, sewers, and parks)\n    * Functional plans such as for land use, transportation, and water resources\n    * Growth management and/or comprehensive planning\n\nBut strategic planning can occur in a wide variety of activities from election campaigns to athletic competitions, as well as in strategic games such as chess. This article looks at strategic planning in a generic way so its content can apply to any of the above areas. An effective strategy will:\n\n    * Have the capability to obtain the desired objective\n    * Fit well both with the external environment and with an organization's resources and core competencies - it should appear feasible and appropriate\n    * Have the capability of providing an organization with a sustainable competitive advantage - ideally through uniqueness and sustainability\n    * Prove dynamic, flexible, and able to adapt to changing situations\n    * Suffice on its own - specifically providing value or favorable outcomes without the need for cross-subsidization
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Strategic planning consists of the process of developing strategies to reach a defined objective. As we label a piece of planning "strategic" we expect it to operate on the grand scale and to take in "the big picture" (in contradistinction to "tactical" planning, which by definition has to focus more on the tactics of individual detailed activities). "Long range" planning typically projects current activities and programs into a revised view of the external world, thereby describing results that will most likely occur (whether the planner wants them or not!) "Strategic" planning tries to "create" more desirable future results by (a) influencing the outside world or (b) adapting current programs and actions so as to have more favorable outcomes in the external environment.\n\nStrategic planning takes place primarily in military situations (see military strategy), in business activities and in government. Within business, strategic planning may provide overall direction (called strategic management) to a company or give specific direction in such areas as:\n\nFinancial strategies \nHuman resource/organizational development strategies \nInformation technology deployments \nMarketing strategy \nWithin government, strategic planning provides guidance for organizational management similar to that for business, but also provides guidance for the evolution or modification of public policy and laws. Areas of such public policy include:\n\nFunding of infrastructure and rate-setting (streets, water-supplies, sewers, and parks) \nFunctional plans such as for land use, transportation, and water resources \nGrowth management and/or comprehensive planning \nBut strategic planning can occur in a wide variety of activities from election campaigns to athletic competitions, as well as in strategic games such as chess. This article looks at strategic planning in a generic way so its content can apply to any of the above areas. An effective strategy will:\n\nHave the capability to obtain the desired objective \nFit well both with the external environment and with an organization's resources and core competencies - it should appear feasible and appropriate \nHave the capability of providing an organization with a sustainable competitive advantage - ideally through uniqueness and sustainability \nProve dynamic, flexible, and able to adapt to changing situations \nSuffice on its own - specifically providing value or favorable outcomes without the need for cross-subsidization \n\nMost strategic planning methodologies depend on a three-step process (sometimes called the STP process):\n\nSituation - evaluate the current situation and how it came about \nTarget - define goals and/or objectives (sometimes called ideal state) \nPath - map a possible route to the goals/objectives \nAn alternative approach, although equally effective is called Draw-See-Think\n\nDraw - what is the ideal image or the desired end state? \nSee - what is today's situation? What is the gap from ideal and why? \nThink - what specific actions must be taken to close the gap between today's situation and the ideal state? \nPlan - what resources are required to execute the activities? \nIn general terms, strategic planning can proceed incrementally or revolutionarily.\n\nStrategic Planning As A Set of Logical and Creative Steps\n\nClarification of objective (end-state) to be pursued. The following terms have been used in the literature: desired end states, plans, policies, goals, objectives, strategies, tactics and actions. Definitions vary, overlap and fail to achieve clarity. The following concept has been found useful. The items listed above may be organized in a hierarchy of means and ends and numbered as follows: Top Rank Objective (TRO), Second Rank Objective, Third Rank Objective, etc. From any rank, the objective in a lower rank answers to the question "How?" and the objective in a higher rank ans
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Work on logic games; that can help with general reasoning. \n\nWhat are you trying to analyze? Work situations? Shipping? Personnel? There's a lot of books and resources, some probably available at your library, that give strategy for various aspects of business. Sorry I can't be more precise, but your question is very broad.
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Sometimes. It completely depends upon the seriousness of the issue
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what kind of strategic planning does subway use? \nasked by hotstuff_sexything - 4 days ago - in Small Business - 1 Answer - Open