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A u g u s t 1987
PLANNING IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D SITUATIONS--SERVICE LELE, M. M.
MUSHKAT, M.
H o w Service Needs Influence Product Strategy
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 52-66 (February 1987).
Sloan Management Review, 1, 63-70 (Fall 1986).
Planners in the public sector have recently been urged to 'think organizationally' in order to gain acceptance for themselves and their work. To determine what form this thinking should take within a complex institutional setting, recourse was made to management science. The model o f Churman and Schainblatt furnishes a useful basis for smoothing the relationship between the public sector planner and the operating manager. The mutual understanding propagated through the model is, however, idealistic.
Service support is emerging as a major source o f profits and competitive manoeuvreing. A framework is set out for understanding service-support distinctions between different categories o f products, and project developments in this area. Conventional service contracts are an endangered species, and customers will demand more and more 'unbundling' o f support services.
Improving the Prospects for Plan Acceptance in Public Organizations
HERDAN, B. L. P L A N N I N G IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D S I T U A T I O N S - - P U B L I C UTILITIES COATES,J. F. and JARRATr,J.
Civil Spin-off from Defence Research: A Fresh Approach
Mapping the Issues o f an Industry: An Exercise in Issues Identification
In 1983 a new initiative to make a broader use o f governrnent defence expenditure in 12. & D was begun. Defence Technology Enterprises Limited (DTE) began with the objectives o f identifying innovative technology in Ministry o f Defence (MoD) establishments, undertaking enhancement and development as necessary and transferring the technology to the private sector for commercial applications. DTE represents a new and innovative approach to augmenting civil spin-offs from defence R & D.
Futures Research Quarterly, 2 (1), 53--63 (Spring 1986). The electricity utility industry is used as a vehicle to find out whether emerging issues influencing an entire industry can be identified and mapped. Several conclusions are drawn. Mapping the issues o f an industry is practical but no one knows all the issues. Individuals take strikingly different attitudes towards some issues and most adopt a short-term negative view about developments.
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 84-89 (February 1987).
MARCUS, A. A.
HALAL, WILLIAME. Business and G o v e r n m e n t - - A N e w Partnership?
Airline Deregulation: Why the Supporters Lost Out
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 123-130 (February 1987).
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 90--98 (February 1987).
The 'return-on-resources' model attempts to reconcile traditional business interests o f profitability with the new interests o f social responsibility. The model is based on the 'opensystem' concept. It can then be seen that the traditional, financially oriented views are inadequate.
In response to U.S. airline reorganizations after deregulation, an alternative theory o f regulation has started to emerge, based on industry disunity, competitive advantage for individual firms, entrepreneurial politics and consumer benefits. Regulatory outcomes are based on choices taken by firms, not collective choices o f industry. The airline industry case demonstrates that movement toward a market economy depends on several perceptions o f individual firms within an industry.
PLANNING IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D SITUATIONS--ACADEMIA
ELMANDJRA, M. Learning Needs in a Changing World
Futures, 18 (6), 731-737 (December 1986). PLANNING IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D S I T U A T I O N S - - G O V E R N M ENT CooK, L.
The State Scanning Network: An Issue Identification System for State Policy Managers
World change has a number of impacts on learning and education processes. A description is given o f some o f the learning needs o f a society o f knowledge. Human resources are seen as the greatest asset o f h u m a n i t y - - i t is frequently necessary to remind decision-makers o f this fact.
Futures Research Quarterly, 2 (1), 65-77 (Spring 1986). In the last decade, issues management techniques, such as environmental scanning, have moved in the United States from the private sector, where they were first developed, to the public sector. An experimental network o f environmental scanning systems was set up in State governors' policy offices. The experience provides valuable insights into the use o f such systems.
JONES, SIR PHILIP, CB Energy Policy: Government vs Industry?
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 12-16 (February 1987). The distinction between the two extremes o f approach to energy policy--central planning vs market solutions--is to some extent a false one. The central issue is who should be doing the planning and within what framework o f market freedom and regulation. It is inevitable that governments will interfere with commercial decision-making from time to time, usually on the ground that a wider national interest is at stake.
P L A N N I N G IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D SITUATIONS-EEC
BARRAS, 12..
N e w Technology and the N e w Services: Towards an Innovation Strategy for Europe
Futures, 18 (6), 748-772 (December 1986). A summary is given o f the results o f an EEC-sponsored research project on the impact o f new technical devices likely to lead to the generating o f new types o f service activities. A series o f policy initiatives is proposed to act as the basis for a European innovation strategy to maximize the benefits. PLANNING IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D SITUATIONS--U.K.
SIMMIE,J. Kondratiev Waves and the Future o f British Cities
Futures, 18 (6), 787-794 (December 1986). The connections between long waves o f economic change and
Long Range
P l a n n i n g V o l . 20
A u g u s t 1987
PLANNING IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D SITUATIONS--SERVICE LELE, M. M.
MUSHKAT, M.
H o w Service Needs Influence Product Strategy
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 52-66 (February 1987).
Sloan Management Review, 1, 63-70 (Fall 1986).
Planners in the public sector have recently been urged to 'think organizationally' in order to gain acceptance for themselves and their work. To determine what form this thinking should take within a complex institutional setting, recourse was made to management science. The model o f Churman and Schainblatt furnishes a useful basis for smoothing the relationship between the public sector planner and the operating manager. The mutual understanding propagated through the model is, however, idealistic.
Service support is emerging as a major source o f profits and competitive manoeuvreing. A framework is set out for understanding service-support distinctions between different categories o f products, and project developments in this area. Conventional service contracts are an endangered species, and customers will demand more and more 'unbundling' o f support services.
Improving the Prospects for Plan Acceptance in Public Organizations
HERDAN, B. L. P L A N N I N G IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D S I T U A T I O N S - - P U B L I C UTILITIES COATES,J. F. and JARRATr,J.
Civil Spin-off from Defence Research: A Fresh Approach
Mapping the Issues o f an Industry: An Exercise in Issues Identification
In 1983 a new initiative to make a broader use o f governrnent defence expenditure in 12. & D was begun. Defence Technology Enterprises Limited (DTE) began with the objectives o f identifying innovative technology in Ministry o f Defence (MoD) establishments, undertaking enhancement and development as necessary and transferring the technology to the private sector for commercial applications. DTE represents a new and innovative approach to augmenting civil spin-offs from defence R & D.
Futures Research Quarterly, 2 (1), 53--63 (Spring 1986). The electricity utility industry is used as a vehicle to find out whether emerging issues influencing an entire industry can be identified and mapped. Several conclusions are drawn. Mapping the issues o f an industry is practical but no one knows all the issues. Individuals take strikingly different attitudes towards some issues and most adopt a short-term negative view about developments.
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 84-89 (February 1987).
MARCUS, A. A.
HALAL, WILLIAME. Business and G o v e r n m e n t - - A N e w Partnership?
Airline Deregulation: Why the Supporters Lost Out
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 123-130 (February 1987).
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 90--98 (February 1987).
The 'return-on-resources' model attempts to reconcile traditional business interests o f profitability with the new interests o f social responsibility. The model is based on the 'opensystem' concept. It can then be seen that the traditional, financially oriented views are inadequate.
In response to U.S. airline reorganizations after deregulation, an alternative theory o f regulation has started to emerge, based on industry disunity, competitive advantage for individual firms, entrepreneurial politics and consumer benefits. Regulatory outcomes are based on choices taken by firms, not collective choices o f industry. The airline industry case demonstrates that movement toward a market economy depends on several perceptions o f individual firms within an industry.
PLANNING IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D SITUATIONS--ACADEMIA
ELMANDJRA, M. Learning Needs in a Changing World
Futures, 18 (6), 731-737 (December 1986). PLANNING IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D S I T U A T I O N S - - G O V E R N M ENT CooK, L.
The State Scanning Network: An Issue Identification System for State Policy Managers
World change has a number of impacts on learning and education processes. A description is given o f some o f the learning needs o f a society o f knowledge. Human resources are seen as the greatest asset o f h u m a n i t y - - i t is frequently necessary to remind decision-makers o f this fact.
Futures Research Quarterly, 2 (1), 65-77 (Spring 1986). In the last decade, issues management techniques, such as environmental scanning, have moved in the United States from the private sector, where they were first developed, to the public sector. An experimental network o f environmental scanning systems was set up in State governors' policy offices. The experience provides valuable insights into the use o f such systems.
JONES, SIR PHILIP, CB Energy Policy: Government vs Industry?
Long Range Planning, 20 (1), 12-16 (February 1987). The distinction between the two extremes o f approach to energy policy--central planning vs market solutions--is to some extent a false one. The central issue is who should be doing the planning and within what framework o f market freedom and regulation. It is inevitable that governments will interfere with commercial decision-making from time to time, usually on the ground that a wider national interest is at stake.
P L A N N I N G IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D SITUATIONS-EEC
BARRAS, 12..
N e w Technology and the N e w Services: Towards an Innovation Strategy for Europe
Futures, 18 (6), 748-772 (December 1986). A summary is given o f the results o f an EEC-sponsored research project on the impact o f new technical devices likely to lead to the generating o f new types o f service activities. A series o f policy initiatives is proposed to act as the basis for a European innovation strategy to maximize the benefits. PLANNING IN SPECIFIC C O M P A N I E S A N D SITUATIONS--U.K.
SIMMIE,J. Kondratiev Waves and the Future o f British Cities
Futures, 18 (6), 787-794 (December 1986). The connections between long waves o f economic change and