On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 Phil Rutherford wrote Re: Business Plans - Cognitive
viewpoint
[...]
>The real question in
>my opinion is therefore how much do they help individual business managers or
>owners who are doing very well by themselves?
Phil,
I suggest another important question is how business plans help not the
individual but the ensemble of participants. We are talking chorus, here.
As in being on the same page, in the same key, using the same score. A
business plan is a very good way to establish the common memory of the
vision, strategy, structure, budgets, processes, goals, etc., whether it be
written or verbal (as John has noted).
In my experience, the "iso-crisis" levels for a business are at 3
participants, 16 to 20 participants, 70 to 85 participants, 250 to 350
participants and 1500 to 2500 etc. Few companies make it past 16 to 20
employees without a written plan of business. A few have made it but
invariably the owner dies early of a heart attack.
Jack Ring
32712 N. 70th St.
Snottsdale, AZ 85262-7143
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