Almost all the respondent organisations in the sample of large and medium organisations and a somewhat smaller percentage of small organisations undertake corporate strategic planning This paper focuses on those strategic planners. As the survey focused on activities of those who do prepare an information systems strategic plan, the remainder of results reported refer to this sub-group. In order to form an opinion as to the extensiveness of the respondents' strategic planning, respondents were asked what statements are prepared as part of their strategic planning processes. The results are listed in table 1. Organisations that Prepare Particular Statements as Part of Organisational Strategy.
Many large organisations fail to identify their own information requirements.
Many still do not appraise their competitors, particularly their competitors' uses of information technology. Environmental issues are not considered by even half the respondents. It is apparent that strategic planning in many large organisations is not extensive and in some cases is not fulfilling their own organisational planning objectives. The main emphasis is on the traditional areas of financial and organisational objectives. The same is true to a greater extent of medium and small organisations.