Abstract
This issue presents articles on a number of pertinent issues to Afri- can business development--reforms, small business, planning, and electronic commerce. First, Dr. Kwaku Appiah-Adu in his paper ‘‘Managerial Perceptions of Organizational Planning Benefits: A Study of Ghana’’ looks at planning in Ghanaian businesses. Although the strategic management literature is replete with planning-related empirical studies, a review of the evidence so far indicates that the vast...
This issue presents articles on a number of pertinent issues to Afri- can business development--reforms, small business, planning, and electronic commerce. First, Dr. Kwaku Appiah-Adu in his paper ‘‘Managerial Perceptions of Organizational Planning Benefits: A Study of Ghana’’ looks at planning in Ghanaian businesses. Although the strategic management literature is replete with planning-related empirical studies, a review of the evidence so far indicates that the vast majority of studies have been based on industrialised economies. In spite of the fact that the business environments in many developing economies are steadily experiencing transition, thereby, transforming the evolution of organizations from non-dynamic to highly competi- tive entities, there is limited empirical evidence on the dynamics of strategic management in such environments. In an effort to offer addi- tional insight into the universal significance of strategic management, this article examined managerial perceptions of organizational plan- ning benefits in a liberalised developing economy. While executives in transition developing economies may be stimulated to adopt a robust approach to planning their commercial activities, the justification for such an orientation has tended to rely on intuitive and conceptual thinking and contributions to knowledge. It is suggested that empirical tests might be more revealing and provide
Journal Of African Business – Taylor & Francis
Published: Sep 1, 2000
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