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The Business Planning Group's approach to management consulting is based on three fundamental premises:

• That strategic management and business planning is now fundamental to the survival and growth of all organisations.That success in planning and implementation requires a flexibility of planning approach - to mould the diversity of business planning/improvement processes to the needs of particular organisations.
• The Business Planning Group does not engage in the blind application of 'management fashions' which ignore the specific needs of each organisation and the fundamental elements of good management practice.
• That long term success in business is best achieved through the rigorous application of a process of continuing improvement - creating and building on successive cycles of planned management improvements which allow the organisation to change in a controlled way, thus maximising prospective benefits, while minimising risks and costs.

How We Help Our Clients

Our approach to the provision of consulting support to business planning and management improvement is based on the following approaches:

• Customer Focus:

  The careful identification of specific customer requirements, together with application of the best possible consulting staff to meet those requirements.

• Formal, written planning methodology:

  We have developed, and are continuously developing and improving, our range of written methodologies for strategic and operational planning, sales management, marketing management, human resource management, and other key areas of the functional management of a business.

• Transfer of Knowledge and Skills:

  The transfer of our planning techology, methodologies and skills to our customers to assist them in building their longer term business capabilities.

  Our clients fhave the opportunity to acquire and improve their knowledge of the process and practical skills of planning, and to apply these skills in developing their own strategic and operational plans under our guidance. This process delivers 'lifetime' benefits to all those involved in the planning process.

• 'Mentoring' and the Development of a Team Culture Enhanced by Participation and Skills Transfer:

  Our 'open structure' approach to the development of business plans, and our use of extensive written methodology, will enhance the development of a 'team culture' in your organisation.

  We are skilled in the process of 'business mentoring' as the basis of installing business improvement processes, and in the development and implementation phases of strategic/operational planning assignments.

  These mentoring proceses are collaborative efforts between the consultants and the client management including nominated key staff. Thus, at every stage, all participating members of the client organisation are 'on board' and develop both individual and collective 'ownership' of the plan that is developing.

• Skill in operational implementation:

  We are not simply 'white paper consultants'. Based on the extensive line management experience of our Group consultants, we are especially skilled in the operational implementation of business plans. In plain terms, we are very experienced in assisting a management team to 'make it happen'.

• Ongoing Customer Support:

  The development of long term relationships with clients to ensure that we really understand changing customer needs and can provide the continuing support that the enterprise requires.

• Research & Development into Management and Consulting Methodology and Practice:

  We make a substantial investment in continuing research to development into all relevant areas of new and practical developments in management theory and practice and other areas of professional competence - to keep improving our own knowledge, skills and intellectual property, which we can therefore transfer on to our clients.

  The Business Planning Group has developed an extensive and comprehensive management & planning methodology, which provides a 'planning roadmap' that improves the time efficiency, quality and thoroughness of the planning process.

  Our approach incorporates a structured set of planning principles, associated processes and supporting documentation covering all aspects of the planning process. This 'planning tookit' enables an assignment to proceed with maximum flexibility and cost effectiveness, thus providing numerous benefits to our clients.