Corporate Planning

The Human Factor

M. J. Langham, David E. Hussey

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780080224640
• eBook ISBN: 9781483299259
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Business

Aimed at practitioners of corporate planning organisational development and personnel managers generally, together with students of management. The book sets out to draw together two streams of thought and literature, one dealing with human behaviour and the other with corporate planning and analysis. It shows how corporate planning may be made more effective by giving proper attention to the 'human factor' - and also offers a great deal of insight to those concerned with the personnel function which stresses the importance of their skills to 'planning' process. The book demonstrates how a considered blend of analysis and behavioural skills can bring a more effective approach to planning

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Corporate Planning: The Human Factor
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• The Authors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• CHAPTER 1. The Human Factor in Management
• CHAPTER 2. Corporate Planning
• CHAPTER 3. The Individual and the Firm
• CHAPTER 4. Creativity
• CHAPTER 5. Motivation: The Manager and Planning
• CHAPTER 6. Organisational and Management Style
• CHAPTER 7. Organisation Development
• CHAPTER 8. Coping with Change
• CHAPTER 9. Objectives
• CHAPTER 10. Making Sense of the Environment
• CHAPTER 11. Planning Corporate Strategy
• CHAPTER 12. Getting the Right Approach to Planning
• CHAPTER 13. A voiding Mistakes in Planning
• CHAPTER 14. Monitoring and Controlling
• CHAPTER 15. The Multi-national Enterprise
• CHAPTER 16. Manpower Planning
• CHAPTER 17. Participation: The Social Need
• CHAPTER 18. Corporate Planning and Union Involvement: The New Dimension
• Index