TY - ADVS AU - Katz,Roberta TI - Change management and strategic planning PY - 2006/// CY - Mill Valley, CA PB - Kantola production KW - Strategic planning KW - Strategy N2 - Strategic planning is the process of creating a wave of change while gaining commitment from your employees and other stakeholders necessary to make it happen. Yet, change inevitably engenders resistance. Even the best strategic plans can fail if this resistance is not met and overcome. Dr. Katz explains six principles for effective implementation: leadership, a clear vision or goal, a comprehensive perspective, a process for adverse opinions, persistence, and flexibility. She then provides examples of each of these components, and discusses current efforts within Stanford University that provide a model for successful change ER -