The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia

This article focuses on the strategic planning process and its best practices that is suggested by the literature and also applied by companies. The two cases studied in this paper are two prominent, non-competing companies operating in Malaysia namely UMW Toyota Sdn. Bhd. and the Chemical Company...

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Main Authors:	Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Sulaiman, Mohamed, Mohammad Al Atiyat, Hala, Naysary, Babak
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013
Subjects:	HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32570/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32570/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32570/1/ASS_journal-_Toyota..pdf

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spelling	iium-325702013-11-28T01:04:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32570/ The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza Sulaiman, Mohamed Mohammad Al Atiyat, Hala Naysary, Babak HD28 Management. Industrial Management This article focuses on the strategic planning process and its best practices that is suggested by the literature and also applied by companies. The two cases studied in this paper are two prominent, non-competing companies operating in Malaysia namely UMW Toyota Sdn. Bhd. and the Chemical Company of Malaysia-Fertilizers Division (CCMFD). Applying a comparative qualitative case study research methodology, the major objective of the study is to investigate in depth the different aspects, processes and practices employed by these well-known companies for their strategic planning processes. Using the grounding theory as a framework of analysis, the research findings revealed common as well as distinctive strategic planning practices between the companies under the study. The output of this project is a set of best practices to strategic planning that are followed by UMW Toyota as well as CCMFD. In the light of the findings of this research and also referring to the literature,some recommendations are made for the best practice of strategic planning process in companies. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013-06-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32570/1/ASS_journal-_Toyota..pdf Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza and Sulaiman, Mohamed and Mohammad Al Atiyat, Hala and Naysary, Babak (2013) The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia. Asian Social Science, 9 (9). pp. 185-196. ISSN 1911-2025 (O), 1911-2017 (P) http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass
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spellingShingle	HD28 Management. Industrial Management Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza Sulaiman, Mohamed Mohammad Al Atiyat, Hala Naysary, Babak The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia
description	This article focuses on the strategic planning process and its best practices that is suggested by the literature and also applied by companies. The two cases studied in this paper are two prominent, non-competing companies operating in Malaysia namely UMW Toyota Sdn. Bhd. and the Chemical Company of Malaysia-Fertilizers Division (CCMFD). Applying a comparative qualitative case study research methodology, the major objective of the study is to investigate in depth the different aspects, processes and practices employed by these well-known companies for their strategic planning processes. Using the grounding theory as a framework of analysis, the research findings revealed common as well as distinctive strategic planning practices between the companies under the study. The output of this project is a set of best practices to strategic planning that are followed by UMW Toyota as well as CCMFD. In the light of the findings of this research and also referring to the literature,some recommendations are made for the best practice of strategic planning process in companies.
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author	Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza Sulaiman, Mohamed Mohammad Al Atiyat, Hala Naysary, Babak
author_facet	Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza Sulaiman, Mohamed Mohammad Al Atiyat, Hala Naysary, Babak
author_sort	Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza
title	The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia
title_short	The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia
title_full	The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia
title_fullStr	The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia
title_sort	strategic planning process and current practices: a comparative empirical study of umw toyota motor and chemical company of malaysia
publisher	Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32570/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32570/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32570/1/ASS_journal-_Toyota..pdf
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The strategic planning process and current practices: A comparative empirical study of UMW Toyota Motor and Chemical Company of Malaysia

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