Simplified Strategic Planning: The No-Nonsense Guide for Busy People Who Want Results Fast [Paperback]

Robert W. Bradford (Author), Brian Tarcy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2000

Future success? or future shock? Only companies that plan ahead will survive the changes in business today--and tomorrow.

Product Details

• Paperback: 239 pages
• Publisher: Chandler House Press (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886284466
• ISBN-13: 978-1886284463
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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90 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Presents straightforward guidance for real action., October 26, 1999

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Kent Arnold (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simplified Strategic Planning: The No-Nonsense Guide for Busy People Who Want Results Fast (Paperback)

This book, the product of extensive work by its authors with small and medium-sized businesses, presents straightforward, concise guidance (right down to hardcopy/softcopy templates) and a rational sequence for developing a strategic plan without a large staff. It draws heavily on the academic work of leading researchers James Brian Quinn (Dartmouth/Tuck) and Michael Porter (Harvard). Its hallmark, though, is its firm grounding in the environment of businesses that cannot ignore daily operational requirements for the sake of planning.

"Simplified Strategic Planning" presents particularly clear, explicit guidance on selecting a corporate focus amid operational chaos and the temptation to serve all comers.

I highly recommend this book for managers at businesses of any size. It will inspire a discipline and sequence--and therefore a useful result--in planning.

58 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't just read the book use it!, March 25, 2003

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James E Bell, Jr. (NORCROSS, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simplified Strategic Planning: The No-Nonsense Guide for Busy People Who Want Results Fast (Paperback)

Yes the book "simplifies" a difficult process, but the real proof of its worth is actually using the plan set forth by the authors. We are well into year one of following the instructions and our 38 year old company has never communicated to the level it is now. We have already enabled ourselves to take advantage of two major opportunities that would have benn missed without planning by the book.

Read it sure - Use it for sure!

62 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Concise, well structured for developing business strategy!, November 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Simplified Strategic Planning: The No-Nonsense Guide for Busy People Who Want Results Fast (Paperback)

Well Done! This format allows an organization the opportunity to cut through the hocus pocus of most strategic planning formats and get to the chase. Businesses need a tool that guides them through the process of strategic planning with a results oriented structure. We have used the process and it works!