Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Planning has long been one of the cornerstones of management. Early in the twentieth century Henri Fayol identified the job of managers as to plan, organize, command, coordinate, and control. The capacity and willingness of managers to plan developed throughout the century. Later, MBO evolved into strategic planning.

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Agility Planning Fayol Strategic Planning 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

Gothenberg, Sweden, is a long way to travel from Boston for a breakthrough idea in management — especially one that is more than 40 years old. Berwick’s talk spanned a pantheon of management thinkers to show the audience just how far we have come from Taylor to Deming in the 20th century. Eliminate MBO.

Deming 11

Deming Management Senge Taylorism 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

It provides control over sales incentive spending around the world, and it simplifies plan management and administration.” Performance Metrics: Pay on revenues (timing determined locally) for individual (not team) performance; pay incentives rarely for management by objective (MBO) achievement (e.g.

Globalization 8

Globalization System Incentives Guidelines 8