Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are in need of careful strategic planning, even more so than for-profit organizations.  NPOs have increasing challenges in terms of raising ongoing support and their value comes from good will directed toward the NPO and its reputation in the community.  Yet, NPOs appear to be reactive, rather than proactive.

Strategy is, of course, determined by working with the strengths of a company and working around it present weaknesses.  An appropriate vehicle for an organization to assess its CSR capabilities is through the Kaplan & Norton Balanced Scorecard System.  Since the 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard System has provided a rigorous way to measure perf...

A key to sustainable competitive advantage is to link CSR to the strengths of the business.  Michael Porter and Mark Kramer state in Harvard Business Review that if “corporations were to analyze their  prospects for social responsibility using the same frameworks that guide their core business choices, they would discover that CSR can be much m...

Strategy is, of course, determined by working with the strengths of a company and working around it present weaknesses.  An organization that has a high level of cultural capabilities will be able to deploy a wider range of strategies to maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace

Part of the strategic planning process is for a company to conduct both an external and internal assessment.  With respect to an internal assessment, organizational culture will play an important part and would form part of an “Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix” (Fred David).  Only once an organization has assessed its own strengths can it th...