Guide the process
Strategic Planning Software guides users through an organization's strategic planning process, focusing on the strategic planning phases that lead to actionable recommendations.
SPS guides students, consultants, and managers through practical strategy models, collaborative project work, and polished PDF reports.
Used by universities, companies, consultants, and business schools.
Strategic Planning Software guides users through an organization's strategic planning process, focusing on the strategic planning phases that lead to actionable recommendations.
Bring real organizational problems into the classroom, consultancy project, or management team with structured tools for strategic decision-making.
Generate detailed PDF and MS Word reports with charts, diagrams, and model outputs that are ready to share with a group or client.
Use established strategic planning models in one workspace, then consolidate the analysis into conclusions and recommendations.
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This fully interactive and innovative web-based software brings the real world of business into the classroom, allowing students to simulate their future roles as managers and decision-makers in an organizational setting.
I found Strategic Planning Software an excellent strategic planning and analysis tool. Its ease of understanding and versatility make it an excellent choice for both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and international corporations.
The use of Strategic Planning Software during a consultancy project I led for a large UK company helped immensely to structure the work process and facilitated smooth coordination and integration of efforts from seven different team members involved in the project.
Having used Strategic Planning Software's analysis tools online, I can say that it is the best analysis program I have come across. Its ease of use and provision of standard industrial analysis tools allow the evaluation of multiple strategies and scenarios.
The software is a very handy tool for strategic analysis. Its easy-to-follow structure and layout make data input and report generation a simple but effective task. By including factors affecting internal and external analysis, it helped immensely in gathering required data, forming a standard structure, and producing high-quality coursework and presentations. I reckon it is not only a tool for enhancing understanding of strategic analysis but also an essential system for the decision-making process in companies, universities, and even small businesses.
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Dr. Emanuel Gomes is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International Business and Strategy and the Deputy Head of the International Business and Strategy department at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham Business School (UK). He is also a Visiting Associate Professor at Universidade Nova, Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal).
His specialist teaching is in, International Business, Strategic Management, Managing International Strategic Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions.
With the objective of bridging theory and practice, he continuously endeavours and strives to make every teaching and learning experience theoretically sound and as practical and applicable as possible.
His research interest is in the areas of M&A, strategic alliances, strategic renewal, and internationalisation of the firm, particularly in the African context.
He is the author of three books ‘Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances: Understanding the Process’, ‘Acquisitions in the UK Car Industry: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Merger Processes.’ and ‘Mergers and Acquisitions as Strategic Methods of Business Development in the Global Automobile Industry: An Analysis of Five Cases’. He is the author of the Strategic Planning Software (www.planning-strategy.com). He is also the author of several papers published in international refereed journals including the Journal of World Business, International Business Review, Management International Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Thunderbird International Business Review, International Marketing Review (forthcoming), and Human Resource Management Review (forthcoming). Before pursuing an academic career, he had previously worked in the automotive, HR and the not-for-profit sectors. He has provided consultancy to companies operating in the automotive, construction, international trade, energy, music, and sports industries.
He is a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Research Interest Committee of the EuroMed Research Business Institute. He has acted as a Scientific Committee member and as a Co-Chair at various international conferences. He also served as a reviewer to various international refereed journals such as the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, British Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, Global Strategy Journal, California Management Review, Long Range Planning, Management International Review, International Business Review, International Marketing Review, International Journal of Management Reviews, International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Journal of Production Economics, International Studies of Management and Organisation journal, Thunderbird International Business Review, Group and Organization Management, Personnel Review, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, and the European Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. He has also served as a reviewer for the Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grants.
Manuel Fernandes is a software engineer with over 15 years of solid experience developing web applications, desktop and server software. He is proficient in several programming languages and frameworks ranging from C++, Perl, PHP and Javascript.
He is an entrepreneur and a co-founder with experience in licensing software to several companies, including Macromedia (acquired by Adobe).
He is a technology consultant having worked for several Portuguese telecommunications companies and startups.
He is also the author of several open-source projects.
Manuel is currently the software engineer behind Strategic Planning Software.