Critical review of the academic paper titled "A Strategic Planning Network for Non-Profit Organizations"

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The Strategic Organisation in the Market Place

A critical review of

"A Strategic Planning Network for

Non-Profit Organisations"

in Strategic Management Journal

Submitted by:

Yeshwanth Raj P

MBA - Executive Stream (Full-time)

November 2006

No. of words: 3991

Excluding the Synopsis, Table of Contents

and Bibliography�

SYNOPSIS

This paper is a submission of critical review of the academic paper titled "A Strategic Planning Network for Non-Profit Organisations" by Paul C Nutt, Professor of Management Sciences, the Ohio State University, USA. This article was published in the Strategic Management Journal 1984, Volume 5.

The critical review is based on extensive reading about strategic management in non-profit organisations. Efforts are made to study, comprehend and relate the strategic tools to this sector.

A summary of the argument is given in the beginning followed by a brief note on how the argument is relevant to the course of the Strategic Organisation in the Market Place.

The part on critical review considers the strengths of the argument, usefulness / relevance to the business, critique of argument and alternative views that could be valid.

Towards the end, different areas of future research are suggested based on the paper under review.

An alphabetical list of resources used, classified as Journals and Books / Other Resources, is presented as Bibliography in the end.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

41. Summary of Argument �

62. Relation to Course Material �

73. Critical review of argument �

73.1. Strengths in the argument �

93.2. Usefulness and relevance to the business �

113.3. Criticisms of the argument �

143.4. Alternative Views �

154. Direction / Area of further research �

21BIBLIOGRAPHY �

21Journals: �

22Books and Other Resources: �

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Abbreviations:

NPO : Non-Profit Organisation

NPOs : Non-Profit Organisations

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1. Summary of Argument

The paper under consideration argues that there...