https://www.strategyassociation.org/forums/posts.aspx?group=207633&topic=1824163 Wed, 3 Jun 2026 22:52:40 GMT Wed, 9 Jul 2025 12:57:48 GMT Copyright © 2025 International Association for Strategy Professionals https://www.strategyassociation.org/forums/posts.aspx?group=207633&topic=1824163 https://www.strategyassociation.org/forums/posts.aspx?group=207633&topic=1824163 A recent article by Bert George in the journal Long Range Planning provides a comprehensive look at how strategic planning has been employed since the 1980s and identifies shifting trends in the purposes for strategic planning over this period.  George offers a new definition of  "purposeful strategic planning" which advances our understanding across disciplines and acknowledges the diversity of its use.  Using a topic modelling approach in examining more than 6,000 articles, he identifies four broad categories of use: i) societal issues and challenges (i.e., pandemics and crises, urban development and sustainability, and climate and environment), ii) processes and practices (i.e., policymaking and governance, strategy analysis, and the overall strategy process), iii) street-level sectors (i.e., education, healthcare and general street-level bureaucracy), and iv) corporate functions (i.e., business performance and supply chains).  ]]> Wed, 9 Jul 2025 13:57:48 GMT