Simply Planning or Planning Simply: How to Plan Without Fuss

Over the years I've seen many different approaches to strategic and operational planning, almost all of which resulted in a huge pile of paperwork, numerous meetings to thrash out such things as the organisation's vision, and no real outcomes. What I've learnt through all this is that simple plans work ... complex plans don't. This article suggests some ways in which you can plan simply and produce plans that are useful and effective.

Globalization and the Death of the Mid-sized Company

Technology has changed the business world as we once knew it and it has hit the mid-size businesses the hardest. Information, capital, talent, raw materials and finished goods move across international borders as easily as wind. The playing field is no longer level and the rules of the game have changed. In fact, the game itself has changed. Given that, is there something that YOU, the mid-sized business Owner/President/CEO can do? The answer seems to be YES!

Market Mix Strategy for Mobile Oil Change Businesses Considered

In the mobile oil change business there are two primary sectors to consider when determining market mix. For instance there is the personal car market, which handles the DFM; Do it For Me, as opposed to the DIY; Do it Yourself, car owner who changes their own oil. And there is the fleet oil change business and off road heavy equipment oil change business.

Retail Locations Near New Housing Tracts

Does it makes sense for a retail outlet to put in a location near a new housing tract? Well, depending on the size of the housing tract and the traffic on the main road the answer could be; definitely.

Mind Maps - Brainstorming for Business Success

The first step in getting a business group to think outside the box, mind mapping is a simple and fun exercise that will get your group engaged and focused on the topic at hand. It is the first of 3 steps that, when used together, will create powerful action steps to success.

Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise architecture is the total picture of an enterprise. It incorporates the broad decisions that should be taken by an organization to build its information support system. It also acts as a master plan that coordinates different aspects of a business enterprise. These aspects includes the goals, objectives, and strategies in the business planning process; the business terms, organization structures, processes and data in business operations; application systems and databases involved in automation; and the computers, operating systems and networks that make up the technological infrastructure. Thus, enterprise architecture has become an inevitable knowledge domain for enterprises in the information age.

How A Good Business Plan Sample Can Help You Prepare Your Plan

Locate details about how a good business plan sample can help your prepare your plan and elements you will need to include in your business plan. Seeking out a business plan that is similar to the type of business you plan to start and using the sample as a guideline.

Strategic Thinking – What Is It And Why Does It Matter!

Strategic Thinking - defines what you should look like; Strategic Planning - defines How to get there

5 Bad Reasons For Starting A Business

If you start a business for one of these 5 reasons you'll more than likely fail. I'll tell you 5 silly reasons for starting a business and why you should avoid them.

Potential Clients - Evaluation Criteria

Potential clients need to be evaluated for their ability to become steady long-term clients. This evaluation process includes asking some pointed questions in your original meeting in order to qualify these potential clients.

Strategic Planning One Answer to Beating Your Competition

Do you have a strategic plan of who does what by when? If not, read a short story that may possibly change your mind on how your competition may use your lack of planning to his or her advantage.

7 Top Tips Before A Business Writes an Executable Strategic Plan

Strategic planning is a very expensive process not only from the hiring of an executive business coach or consultant, but from an organizational perspective as well. Before you begin this necessary process, these 7 top tips should help to ensure that your strategic plan is truly executable and delivers the desired results allowing you to catapult ahead of your competitors.

The Strategy of Leadership is Thinking, Vision, and Planning - The Future Depends On It

This document is a viewpoint suggesting business organizations operating in an information society are able to amass operational data from sources it never had access to in the past. No longer can business rely on time to process information, develop a vision of the future, and plan an implementation process. Organizations today must operate as though the future is now.