Involvement of implementers: Missing element in strategy formulation

Business Strategy Series

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-34

  Dandira, Martin ^a  

^a Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning(BOCODOL)   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Employee involvement; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957508128     PISSN: 17515637     EISSN: 17515645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17515631111100386     Document Type: Article

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