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The aims of this chapter are to show why it is important to know what are the strong points and weak points in organisations. By the end of the chapter you should be able to identify the main areas in commercial and non-commercial organisations where weaknesses can lie and which can critically affect overall performance; you should also know how to go about finding them.
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Further Reading
John Argenti, Systematic Corporate Planning (Allen & Unwin, 1971) contains a very readable section on objectives and planning generally.
Igor H. Ansoff, Corporate Strategy (Penguin, 1968) goes into the same subject in greater depth.
John Sizer, An Insight into Management Accounting (Penguin, 1991) is useful if you want to find out more about profit and profitability.
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© 1996 Roger Oldcorn
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Oldcorn, R. (1996). Analysing Strengths and Weaknesses. In: Management. Macmillan Business Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13195-2_3
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