Strategy Toolkit: The Role of the Strategist

This article offers guidance on planning as a job role via a selection of papers that cover the basic principles of planning and definitions of great planning practice.

This section of the Strategy Toolkitis designed to encourage readers to think about the purpose of strategy within marketing development. Given the business role of marketing, as set out in the How Marketing Works section, where does the strategist fi

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