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) REPLACE with Professor Hansen at Stetson University provides a strategic management slide show for this entire text. www.stetson.edu/~rhansen/strategy/

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 Tzus 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 Centers 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 NASAs strategic management process, especially their external assessment activities. Provides NASAs 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/ REPLACE with Gives 30+ pages of excellent detail on Developing a Business Strategy. www.planware.org/strategy.htm DELETE p. 103, VTN Dr. Porter today heads the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Porters 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 REPLACE with Provides an excellent Business and Strategic Planning Bibliography. http://home.att.net/~nickols/strategy.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 RELPLACE with Provides a short essay about the resurgence of strategic planning in corporate America. www.businessweek.com/1996/35/b34901.htm 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 Agencys (FEMA) strategic plan. www.fema.gov/library/spln_7.htm REPLACE with Provides excellent strategic management hot links embedded in Dr. Hansens syllabus at Stetson University. www.stetson.edu/~rhansen/stratsyl.html p. 185, VTN Gives the Department of Veterans 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 REPLACE with Provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Strategic Planning. www.allianceonline.org/faqs.html

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 REPLACE with Provides a great overview of the strategic planning process.
www.mapnp.org/library/plan_dec/str_plan/str_plan.htm

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_r eporting.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. Customs Strategic Plan www.customs.treas.gov/about/about.htm (NOTE Address Modified)