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Action Planning
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References

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  1. Anonymous, (13, August, 2008), <www.cdpr.ca.gov>, Strategic Planning Guidelines, California State Department of Finance, California.
  2. McNamara, C., (22 September, 2008), <www.managementhelp.org>, Basics of Action Planning (as part of strategic planning), Free Management Library, Authenticity Consulting, LLC,Minneapolis.
  3. LaPlant, V., LaPlant, J., (2008), Your Business Plan – Eating an Elephant One Action Plan at a Time, Contracting Business, Vol. 64, Iss. 10, pp 55-56, Penton Media, Inc., Cleveland.
  4. Mader, D. P., (2007), How to Identify and Select Lean Six Sigma Projects, Quality Progress, Vol. 40, Iss. 7, pp 58-60, American Society for Quality, Milwaukee.
  5. Uppal, K. B., (2004), Project Management Process and Action Plans, AACE International Transactions, pp 31-38, American Association of Cost Engineers, Morgantown.
  6. Dick, B., (22, September, 2008), <www.scu.edu.au>, Event track: a group planning process, Action Research Resources, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour.
  7. Sivabalan, P., Brown, D., (2008), To plan and control, INTHEBLACK, Vol. 78, Iss. 3, pp 65-67, CPA Australia, Melbourne.
  8. Douglas, H., Working to a plan, NZ Business, Vol. 20, Iss. 1, p 63, Adrenalin Publishing Ltd., Auckland.
  9. Wiley, J. W., Legge, M., (2007), Disciplined Action Planning Drives Employee Engagement, HR. Human Resource Planning, Vol. 29, Iss. 4, pp 8-12, Human Resource Planning Society, New York.
  10. O’Neal, H., Manley, K., (2007), Action planning: making change happen in clinical practice, Nursing Standard, Vol. 21, Iss. 35, pp 35-39, RCN Publishing Company, Harrow-on-the-Hill.
  11. Daniels, S. E., (2008), The Heart of Improvement, Quality Progress, Vol. 41, Iss. 4, pp 40-44, American Society for Quality, Milwaukee.

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