The problems and difficulties of strategic planning process in Russian companies

The article sets out to discuss the problems and difficulties of strategic planning process in Russian companies. The author presents findings of the researching the way how Russian companies organize a process of planning and implementing strategy. During researching the author identified major problems that hamper the progress of strategic planning process. These problems are an unavailability of top managers for strategic planning, a lack of direct involvement of top managers in planning and implementing strategy, a wrong organization of strategic planning process, an authority and influence of functional managers on strategic planning department, an ineffective interaction with external consultants, a lack of strategic control. In the article the author described these problems.