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Environmental Scanning:  A primary indicator of strategic significance J. Gordon Murray PhD
Is it possible to have a primary indicator of  whether or not procurement is strategic?
Does it matter  whether or not procurement is strategic?
Scope of paper Research method Findings, conclusions &  implications Strategic  Procurement Environmental scanning Procurement  strategy Recession
Environmental scanning ,[object Object],[object Object]
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Environmental scanning literature ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The recession ,[object Object],[object Object]
Strategic procurement ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Strategic procurement ,[object Object]
The mere presence of a procurement strategy,  as opposed to how it is discussed & owned,  is questionable as a measure of strategic significance;  particularly in a dynamic environment
Procurement strategy literature ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Municipal Year Book research:  Chief Executives April 2010
Research question ,[object Object]
Research approach ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Findings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Conclusions & discussion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Hypothesis ,[object Object]
Does it matter  whether or not procurement is strategic?
Does it matter if procurement is strategic? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Implications ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Environmental Scanning: An indicator of strategic significance

  • 1. Environmental Scanning: A primary indicator of strategic significance J. Gordon Murray PhD
  • 2. Is it possible to have a primary indicator of whether or not procurement is strategic?
  • 3. Does it matter whether or not procurement is strategic?
  • 4. Scope of paper Research method Findings, conclusions & implications Strategic Procurement Environmental scanning Procurement strategy Recession
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  • 11. The mere presence of a procurement strategy, as opposed to how it is discussed & owned, is questionable as a measure of strategic significance; particularly in a dynamic environment
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  • 22. Environmental scanning: A primary indicator of strategic significance? www.slideshare.net/DrGordonMurray [email_address] www.twitter.com/DrGordie

Editor's Notes

  1. Perhaps we have over complicated in the quest to justify our own importance?
  2. These provide useful indicators ā€“ but perhaps an over-complication?