Call to shape the future

Longer term strategic planning aimed at "shaping the future" is a key element of success in business today, Mr Patrick Campbell…

Longer term strategic planning aimed at "shaping the future" is a key element of success in business today, Mr Patrick Campbell, chairman of the Campbell Bewley Group, said yesterday. "As a manager, you should ask yourself, are you simply a maintenance engineer keeping today's business running smoothly, or an architect imagining tomorrow's business?" Mr Campbell told students gathered for a business breakfast organised by the Price Waterhouse sponsored Foresight society in Trinity College, Dublin.

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