Strategic Planning Issues for Smaller Companies

	Informal, rather than formal, management style and systems.
	Often make and implement decisions faster than their larger-company counterparts.
	Often lack focus - changing priorities in response to shorter-term issues.
	Goal congruence - what is beneficial to the business is also beneficial to the owners / operators of the business.
	Family feuds (in family business) can get in the way of business.
	Resources are tight - especially the human resource - little backup.
	Information / talent skew - staff is often excellent in certain disciplines and lacking in others - example: small technology companies are often great at engineering and weak in marketing or finance (or both).
	Need for assistance, not just in the planning process, but in the form of advisory service as well.
	Related to the strategic planning process, smaller organizations often need assistance with pre-planning, information gathering.

Birnbaum Associates is has over twenty years of strategic planning experience in a wide range of industries and with organizations of different sizes. Please see our list of clients and industries served. We understand the special planning issues that apply to larger, multi-divisional organizations and to smaller, entrepreneurial companies.

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	Planning Issues for Smaller Companies
	By Birnbaum Associates Business Strategy Consultants