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Information for strategic planning: An analysis

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Abstract

Criteria for the assessment of the practical utility of strategic information are developed and applied to a variety of strategic information systems. The systems which are explicitly evaluated are real-world ones with which the author has been associated, but the evaluations are held to be generally applicable to the broader classes of systems which each represents. Few strategic information systems are found to meet the criteria, and it is concluded that the area of strategic planning needs much development of both computerized and non-computerized systems of informational support.

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This paper was presented at the XII International Meeting of The Institute of Management Sciences, Athens, Greece, July 25–27, 1977.

William R. King is Professor of Business Administration at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Pittsburgh and a principal in the management consulting firm of Cleland-King, Inc. He is the author of eight books and more than 60 technical papers in the fields of planning, information systems and management science. Currently, Dr. King's research is focusing on the development and evaluation of planning information systems.

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