Does Strategic Planning Improve Organizational Performance? A Meta-Analysis

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: George, Bert; Walker, Richard M.; Monster, Joost
• 署名单位: Ghent University; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; City University of Hong Kong; City University of Hong Kong; City University of Hong Kong
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13104
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 810-819
• 关键词: municipal-government; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; motivation; sector; work

摘要

Strategic planning is a widely adopted management approach in contemporary organizations. Underlying its popularity is the assumption that it is a successful practice in public and private organizations that has positive consequences for organizational performance. Nonetheless, strategic planning has been criticized for being overly rational and for inhibiting strategic thinking. This article undertakes a meta-analysis of 87 correlations from 31 empirical studies and asks, Does strategic planning improve organizational performance? A random-effects meta-analysis reveals that strategic planning has a positive, moderate, and significant impact on organizational performance. Meta-regression analysis suggests that the positive impact of strategic planning on organizational performance is strongest when performance is measured as effectiveness and when strategic planning is measured as formal strategic planning. This impact holds across sectors (private and public) and countries (U.S. and non-U.S. contexts). Implications for public administration theory, research, and practice are discussed in the conclusion.