Excerpt from Modeling the Effectiveness of a Strategic Planning System The objectives dimension is conceptualized with reference to operative goals pursued by organizations (steers, The literature has emphasized the following major objectives of planning: financial benefits such as improvement in short-term and long-term economic performance (king Cleland, 1978; Lorange Vancil, 1977; Steiner, predicting future trends (amara, 1981; Ansoff, 1975; King Cleland, 1978; Paul Donovan Taylor, evaluation of alternatives (camillus, 1975; Lorange, avoiding problem areas (lorange Vancil, and enhancing management development (hex Majluf, 1984; King Cleland, The system-capab dimension is non-obvious and requires some elaboration. The underlying logic for treating this as an effectiveness dimension stems from Lorange's (1979) arguments that a system's capabilities should be treated as a measure of planning success. To quote Lorange: many of the measures of effectiveness] were based on some general surrogate variable, when it probably would have been more relevant to measure effectiveness as a function of how well the formal planning system's capabilities were able to meet the specific planning needs (1979; p. 230; emphasis added). This suggests a cascading relationship. At one level, improving the system's capabilities is effectiveness. At deeper level, ultimate outcome effectiveness arises from improved system capability. Accordingly, we treat this dimension as an intermediate level in the modeling of strategic planning effectiveness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.