Mega Planning
Practical Tools for Organizational Success
Roger Kaufman
- Florida State University-Emeritus
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Description
While most planning books just focus on individual jobs, tasks, and personal competence, Mega Planning examines the new realities for organizational success and provides the reader with the planning tools necessary to achieve responsive and responsible change. This book is the first frame of reference or level of planning that takes a wide-angle view of organizational and societal opportunities, emphasizing the importance of defining and justifying where the individual or organization should be heading, and leading to the discovery of new opportunities and challenges. It is filled with exercises, reality-based cases, and other aids to help the reader develop solutions and plans that work. MBA students, Executive MBA students, as well as managers, executives, and organizational consultants will benefit from reading this book.
Contents
Introduction
- An 'Owner's Manual' for Benefiting from this Book
The New Realities for Organizations, Society and Planning
- Changing Paradigms
Ends and Means
Ends and Means
Needs and Needs Assessment
Needs and Needs Assessment
An Ideal Vision
- The Underlying Basis for All Planning and Doing
A Mega Planning Framework
A Mega Planning Framework
Developing the Mega Plan
- From Concept to Plan
Tactical Planning
- From the Mega Plan to Designing and Developing Success
Putting the Mega Plan to Work
- Integrating Mega Planning, Needs Assessment and Quality Management
From Mega Plan to Organizational Success
From Mega Plan to Organizational Success
Description
While most planning books just focus on individual jobs, tasks, and personal competence, Mega Planning examines the new realities for organizational success and provides the reader with the planning tools necessary to achieve responsive and responsible change. This book is the first frame of reference or level of planning that takes a wide-angle view of organizational and societal opportunities, emphasizing the importance of defining and justifying where the individual or organization should be heading, and leading to the discovery of new opportunities and challenges. It is filled with exercises, reality-based cases, and other aids to help the reader develop solutions and plans that work. MBA students, Executive MBA students, as well as managers, executives, and organizational consultants will benefit from reading this book.
Contents
Introduction
- An 'Owner's Manual' for Benefiting from this Book
The New Realities for Organizations, Society and Planning
- Changing Paradigms
Ends and Means
Ends and Means
Needs and Needs Assessment
Needs and Needs Assessment
An Ideal Vision
- The Underlying Basis for All Planning and Doing
A Mega Planning Framework
A Mega Planning Framework
Developing the Mega Plan
- From Concept to Plan
Tactical Planning
- From the Mega Plan to Designing and Developing Success
Putting the Mega Plan to Work
- Integrating Mega Planning, Needs Assessment and Quality Management
From Mega Plan to Organizational Success
From Mega Plan to Organizational Success
December 1999 | 304 pages | Sage US
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 28/02/2026 | 9780761913245 | $286.00 |
| Paperback | 28/02/2026 | 9780761913252 | $199.00 |
| 180 Day Ebook | 28/02/2026 | 9781452221809 | $77.00 |
| Lifetime | 28/02/2026 | 9781452221809 | $112.00 |
While most planning books just focus on individual jobs, tasks, and personal competence, Mega Planning examines the new realities for organizational success and provides the reader with the planning tools necessary to achieve responsive and responsible change. This book is the first frame of reference or level of planning that takes a wide-angle view of organizational and societal opportunities, emphasizing the importance of defining and justifying where the individual or organization should be heading, and leading to the discovery of new opportunities and challenges. It is filled with exercises, reality-based cases, and other aids to help the reader develop solutions and plans that work. MBA students, Executive MBA students, as well as managers, executives, and organizational consultants will benefit from reading this book.
Table Of Contents:
- Introduction
- An 'Owner's Manual' for Benefiting from this Book
- The New Realities for Organizations, Society and Planning
- Changing Paradigms
- Ends and Means
- Needs and Needs Assessment
- An Ideal Vision
- The Underlying Basis for All Planning and Doing
- A Mega Planning Framework
- Developing the Mega Plan
- From Concept to Plan
- Tactical Planning
- From the Mega Plan to Designing and Developing Success
- Putting the Mega Plan to Work
- Integrating Mega Planning, Needs Assessment and Quality Management
- From Mega Plan to Organizational Success