Great Strategic Planning Web Sites Provided in the Page Margins of
FRED DAVID’s 9th Edition Strategic Management Textbook
Chapter 1
p. 4, VTN Designed by the author, Fred David, especially for this textbook, this Web site
provides strategic planning tools templates, links, and information that will directly help
strategic-management students analyze cases. Strategic Management Club Online
www.strategyclub.com
p. 5, VTN Designed by the publisher, Prentice Hall, especially for this textbook, this Web
site provides sample tests and extra materials to supplement chapter concepts.
www.prenhall.com/david
p. 6, VTN Provides a nice narrative regarding strategy formulation and implementation of
Southern Polytechnic State University. www.spsu.edu/planassess/strategic.htm
DELETE p. 7, VTN Provides titles and brief descriptions on many books relating to
strategic planning. www.ccp.ca/information/management/planning/mgmtplan.html
REPLACE with http://fisher.osu.edu/fin/jobs/spjobs.htm - Gives great information about
careers in strategic planning, including salaries, trends, facts, companies, and more.
p. 7, VTN Reveals that strategies may need to be constantly changed
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld041.htm
p. 8, VTN Reveals that actual strategy results from planned strategy coupled with reactive
changes http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld032.htm
p. 15, VTN Explains in detail how to develop a strategic plan and compares this to a
business plan. http://www.planware.org/strategy.htm#1
p. 16, VTN Provides excellent narrative on the “Benefits of Strategic Planning,” Pitfalls
of Strategic Planning,” and the “Steps in Doing Strategic Planning.”
www.entarga.com/stratplan/index.htm
p. 17, VTN Gives reasons why some organizations avoid strategic planning.
www.mindtools.com/plfailpl.html
p. 18, VTN Provides nice discussion of the limitations of strategic planning process
within an organization. http://www.des.calstate.edu/limitations.html
p. 20, VTN Describes “Why Have a Code of Ethics” and gives “Guidelines on Writing a
Code of Ethics.” www.ethicsweb.ca/codes
p. 20, VTN Gives example codes of business ethics for companies such as Halliburton
and Johnson & Johnson. www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources/business/codes.html
p. 21, a – An excellent web site to obtain additional information regarding business ethics
is www.ethicsweb.ca/codes that describes “Why Have a Code of Ethics” and gives
“Guidelines on Writing a Code of Ethics.”
DELETE p. 23, VTN Gives example codes of business ethics for companies such as
Halliburton and Johnson & Johnson. www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources/business/codes.html
(since repeated on p. 20)
p. 25, VTN Provides a nice account of strategic planning, tracing history back to the
military.
http://www.des.calstate.edu/history.html
p. 25, VTN An excellent web site that describes Sun Tzu’s famous “The Art of War”
writings is provided at http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/thigpen/html/art_of_war.html
Chapter 2
p. 56, VTN Gives an introduction to the vision concept.
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld007.htm
p. 59, VTN Gives an introduction to the mission concept.
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld008.htm
p. 60, VTN Gives questions that help form an effective vision and mission
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld009.htm
p. 68, VTN Provides example mission and vision statements that can be
critiqued.http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld015.htm
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld014.htm
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld017.htm
p. 69, VTN Provides the NIH Clinical Center’s vision and mission statements and their
overall strategic plan. http://www.cc.nih.gov/od/strategic/index.html
p. 72, VTN Provides the strategic plan for Kansas State University, including their vision
and mission statements. www.ksu.edu/provost/planning/
Chapter 3
p. 80, VTN Reveals how strategic planning evolved from long range planning and
environmental scanning (external audit or assessment).
http://horizon.unc.edu/projects/seminars/futuresresearch/strategic.asp#planning
p. 81, VTN Describes the external audit process in a university setting.
http://horizon.unc.edu/projects/seminars/futuresresearch/stages.asp
p. 83, VTN Provides excellent narrative on NASA’s strategic management process,
especially their external assessment activities. Provides NASA’s entire strategic plan with
outstanding narrative and illustration about how to do strategic
planning.http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/toc.htm
p. 94, VTN Provides information regarding the importance of gathering information
about competitors. This web site offers audio answers to key questions about intelligence
systems. www.fuld.com
DELETE p. 96, VTN Provides the strategic plan for the University of Hawaii, including
their Planning Assumptions. www2.hawaii.edu/uhhilo/strategic
REPLACE WITH http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/03/22.html - Describes the nature
and role of strategic planning in a firm.
DELETE p. 97, VTN Gives the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Strategic Plan, including its external assessment. www.strategic.noaa.gov/
DELETE p. 103, VTN Dr. Porter today heads the Institute for Strategy and
Competitiveness at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Porter’s
home Web page can be found at www.people.hbs.edu/oporter
REPLACE WITH http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/ - Gives an extensive slide
show presentation about strategic management, from the beginning to the end of the
process.
Chapter 4
p. 120, VTN Excellent strategic planning quotes. http://www.planware.org/quotes.htm#3
p. 120, VTN Gives excellent information about the need for planning.
http://www.mindtools.com/plintro.html
p. 122, VTN Provides the complete strategic plan for the Wyoming Insurance
Department Agency, including its list of strengths and weaknesses.
www.state.wy.us/state/strategy/insurance.html
DELETE p. 123, VTN Provides excellent narrative on how the state of Missouri does
strategic planning, including its internal assessment www.mri.state.mo.us/SP/model.htm
p. 139, VTN Click on the showcase site at bottom, then enter your stock symbol in upper
right, and then scroll down left column to the financial ratio comparison and click.
www.investor.stockpoint.com (NOTE ADDRESS IS MODIFIED HERE)
Chapter 5
p. 158, VTN Gives the basic principles of strategic planning.
http://www.eaglepointconsulting.com/sp_principles.html
DELETE p. 159, VTN Provides good narrative on why to do strategic planning.
www.orggrow.co.uk/gap/plan.html
p. 163, VTN Read about the Immigration and Naturalization Strategic Management
Process. www.ins.usdoj.gov/text/aboutins/insmission/dojplan.htm
DELETE p. 164, VTN Provides Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA)
strategic plan. www.fema.gov/library/spln_7.htm
p. 185, VTN Gives the Department of Veteran’s Affairs strategic
plan.www.va.gov/StrategicPlan98/html/StratPlan98_1.html
p. 186, VTN Site provides sixty sample business plans for small businesses.
http://www.bplans.com/sp/index.cfm?a=bc
Chapter 6
p. 197, VTN Cautions that planners must not usurp responsibility of line managers in
strategic planning http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld050.htm
p. 199, VTN Gives purpose and characteristics of objectives
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld022.htm
p. 199, VTN Gives example objectives
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld024.htm
p. 200, VTN Gives a nice sample strategic plan including the bases for developing a
TOWS Matrix. http://www.planware.org/strategicsample.htm
p. 223, VTN Elaborates on role of a board of directors.
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld054.htm
p. 224, VTN Provides nice details about strategic planning at a church.
http://www.apeo.org/guide/
DELETE p. 225, VTN Gives the strategic plans of numerous government agencies.
www.financenet.gov/financenet/fed/docs/strat.htm
Chapter 7
p. 236, VTN Gives a good definition of strategy implementation.
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld044.htm
p. 244, VTN Provides software to draw organizational charts easily. www.smartdraw.com
You may download the SmartDraw software and use it free for thirty days.
p. 245, VTN Lists some items that strategy implementation must include.
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld045.htm
p. 248, VTN Provides a PowerPoint presentation on downsizing (restructuring).
http://www.cl.uh.edu/bpa/hadm/HADM_5731/ppt_presentations/7down/index.htm
p. 248, VTN Provides a PowerPoint presentation on reengineering.
http://www.cl.uh.edu/bpa/hadm/HADM_5731/ppt_presentations/6reengin/index.htm
p. 254, VTN Provides a PowerPoint presentation on organizational change and managing
resistance to change.
http://www.cl.uh.edu/bpa/hadm/HADM_5731/ppt_presentations/5orgchg/index.htm
p. 253, VTN Gives good information about why employees may resist change.
http://www.mindtools.com/plreschn.html
p. 256, VTN Gives the strategic plan for a community police consortium including a
section on strategy implementation. http://www.communitypolicing.org/outline.html
p. 258, VTN Provides nice information on “What is Culture” and also provides additional
excellent hot links to other culture sites.
http://www.mapnp.org/library/org_thry/culture/culture.htm
DELETE p. 265, VTN To see how a large company, Johnson & Johnson, is balancing
“Work and Family Issues,” visit the Web site
www.jnj.com/who_is_jnj/framework_index.html
Chapter 8
p. 276, VTN An excellent PowerPoint presentation on marketing issues related to
strategic management
http://www.cl.uh.edu/bpa/hadm/HADM_5731/ppt_presentations/3mktpln/index.htm
p. 278, VTN Provides CheckMATE, the industry leader in strategic planning software
worldwide. This is easy to use software that is Windows based.
www.checkmateplan.com
p. 278, VTN Gives the strategic plan for the Medical University of South Carolina,
including a section on strategy implementation www.musc.edu/plan
p. 282, VTN Provides the 2000 Strategic Plan of the National Archives and Records
Administration including “What Must We Do to Get There?” (implementation issues)
www.archives.gov/about_us/strategic_planning_and_reporting/strategic_planning_and_re
porting.html
Chapter 9
p. 300, VTN Gives excellent additional information about evaluating strategies, including
some analytical tools. http://www.mindtools.com/plevplan.html
p. 303, VTN Describes the how and why of strategy evaluation
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld046.htm
p. 303, VTN Elaborates on the “taking corrective actions” phase of strategy evaluation
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/strategy/module1/sld047.htm
p. 304, VTN Provides the Strategic Plan of Northeastern Regional Association of State
Agricultural Experiment Station Directors for the years 1996-2000, including their
“Measures of Success” (strategy evaluation criteria)
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/NERA/newplan.html#strategies
p. 305, VTN The Small Business Administration Web site provides a forty-page Business
Plan Outline. www.sba.gov/starting/businesssplan.html
p. 307, VTN-9-6 Provides strategic management handbooks with detailed instructions for
planning in certain U.S. states.
http://www.opm.state.ct.us/mgmt/busguide/50states/guides.htm
p. 308, VTN Provides the U.S. Custom’s Strategic Plan
www.customs.treas.gov/about/about.htm (NOTE – Address Modified)