| Article ID: | iaor1990483 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 1 |
| End Page Number: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1990 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Foster M.J., Lock A.R. |
It has previously been suggested that the effectiveness of strategic planning systems may be characterized in terms of a multi-attribute framework. This paper explores the possibility of reducing the postulated set of attributes to an ‘irreducible core’ by means of a factor analysis. In addition, the data set used in this analysis was explored to determine whether, in terms of their planning effectiveness, the organizations in the sample formed natural subgroups. Some interesting questions are generated by the analysis.