Strategic Management Articles

21 Ways to Turn Your Excel Hell Budgeting into a Strategic Weapon

by gary Patterson

When Cash is King, it really is King. Do away with painful Excel based budgeting marathons and turn your budget into a strategic tool to improve the bottom line. The author presents a framework that uses the budget process to help companies manage risk while reaping the rewards...

Does Your Nonprofit have a Grant Winning Strategy?

by Kirby Rooks

Here are five grant writing strategies that will give your nonprofit organization an edge in being awarded more grants during times of economic turmoil.

How To Start Your Own Business Today?

by Ranju Kumar

In a world wherever you turn there are some expert's telling you how to do this,etc., you might find yourself in a daze on where to go or start.

Regular Employee Training Ensures Results

by Chris Kennelly

As a trainer or business owner you may be well aware of the need for employee training, yet at times it feels or seems like the training efforts are misdirected or perhaps unappreciated by the attending employees.

Why Strategic Facilities Management Should Be Integral To Any Business

by Dominic Donaldson

An article explaining how a business can improve its performance and save money by looking at the way it manages its buildings and physical assets.

What's An Optimal Business Plan Layout?

by Uchenna Ani-Okoye

A business plan is a written definition of, and an operational plan for achieving your goal.

Competing on Price in a Down Market

by Harlan Goerger

How to take your competition out of the picture and sell more at a higher margin.

Discovering How to Innovate Strategies for Your Music Business

by Kavit Haria

You might as well have read or have heard a lot of various strategies that talk about you being able to succeed into whatever business venture that you would like to put your resources and devote your time with. Do you know that in designing or innovating certain strategies you have to focus on...

Herd Mentality: Is Human Behaviour Accounted for in your Strategy?

by Jonathan Andrews

The way that many businesses and marketers strategize is perhaps counterintuitive. One important variable is frequently overlooked.

How Human Behaviour Shapes Successful Business Strategies

by Jonathan Andrews

People are fundamentally sheep - isn't that what we're always told?

Develop A Process For Continuing Business Model Innovation

by Donald Mitchell

It's tough to build a business if your innovations are one-hit wonders. What will you do for an encore? What process can help you?

Business Model Innovator: Increase Value Without Raising Prices Or Costs

by Donald Mitchell

Many leaders look to add more value . . . so they can charge more. A more helpful approach to business model innovation is to raise value and keep prices and costs the same . . . or lower them. This article contains a case history.

Achieving Success in 2009

by Steven Rosen

The start of a New Year is a time to reflect and make resolutions for the future. Of course, most “New Year's” resolutions are forgotten after only a few weeks. The day to day demands of business, emails, meetings and phone calls gets the best of us.

How Mergers Could Be The Answer To The Recession Problem

by Dominic Donaldson

An article highlighting how companies are looking at potential mergers as a way to avoid going into administration and explaining exactly what a merger is.

Four Important Reasons to Consult with School Stakeholders

by Robyn Collins

In school strategic planning it is important to consult with all stakeholders even though this is time consuming. This article explains why.