Strategic thinking versus strategic planning: towards understanding the complementarities

Management Decision

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 456-462

  Graetz, Fiona ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leadership; Scenario planning; Strategic planning; Strategy; Thinking styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986129905     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740210430434     Document Type: Article

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