David Summerton Business Consulting
Is Long-Term Planning Dead And Buried? Long-term planning was born out of the chaos of the economic, social and political chaos arising from the end of World War Two and was the brainchild of mainly American organisations that recognised the need to plan for the future. This was a difficult task for many because it …
9 Tips For Successfully Planning Ahead Planning ahead is a critical success factor for any manager: you MUST be in a position where you know what is up and coming in the future so that you are ready to rise to the challenges facing you, your team and the wider organisation. Planning ahead is important …
How To Deliver Excellent Management Plans Planning is a central role for any manager and you will be regularly challenged with the need to plan and deliver activity, often at short notice and when decisions need to be made quickly and with considerable care. Successful managers rise to this challenge and can deliver outcomes in …
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Why Should Managers Plan? Planning takes time and effort, we tend to put it off if we can, it’s a bit of a chore and why not just go with it and get on with the job? Planning gives you the chance to define what you are trying to achieve and how to go about …
Management Deadlines Revised – A New Way The traditional view of setting a deadline and implying pain, discomfort and making excuses as to why things have not happened is finished – there is a new way to get staff to deliver on time, on quality and on quantity. Business-critical tasks or urgent jobs are pushed …
A Model of Hierarchy of Purpose All Organisations, Departments or Sections within them, have to be skilled in the art of establishing priorities, identifying and selecting projects to work upon and managing them through to fruition. To allow this to take place effectively the following framework should help in finding the right path through the …
How To Structure A Feasibility Study Managers are frequently called upon to look into the worth of a particular plan of action or the launch of a new product or more simply to review the structure of their Teams. The gaping bear-trap waiting for you lies in producing a plan that does not deal scientifically …
