Like so many great people, Strategic Planning lived a full life. It touched many businesses in a positive way—but failed many, as well. It wasn’t perfect, but it made contributions to society.

So strategic planning becomes increasingly important the bigger you get. And everyone, not just the CEO, has to take the ideas people present and figure out how it fits into the company's strategy.

Enjoy these cartoons from the May issue of HBR, and test your management wit in the HBR Caption Contest. If we choose your caption as the winner, you will be featured in an upcoming magazine issue ...

Strategic planning is a critical business practice for positioning an organization for success, aligning leaders to a common plan, and guiding management decisions. Most companies conduct some ...

Strategic Planning is a 4-hour hands-on course that will help you improve your knowledge of the planning process. You will gain understanding of the structure and contents of the strategic plan as ...