Yes / Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the use, applicability and relevance of strategic planning as a process and tool when applied to exploring food security challenges, in the context of existing research on food security and food waste in the food supply chain. The issues associated with robust and resilient food supply chains within a circular economy are increasingly being seen as supportive of creating enhanced levels of food security but the authors argue that this is only sustainable when strategically planned as part of
a cross-enterprise, information-rich and complex supply chain. The relevance of the Political, Economic,
Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental (PESTLE) strategic planning tool is explored to establish
whether it can play a role tacking the complexity of food insecurity (i.e. a lack of food security).
Design/methodology/approach – This is a viewpoint piece therefore as a result, thought, normative
literature and supposition are used as a means to ground and orientate the views of the authors.
Findings – The authors identify and conclude that strategic planning tools like PESTLE across enterprises
may not be relevant in supporting the reduction of food insecurity. This conclusion is predicated on the
heightened level of complexity surrounding the pursuit of food security and the simplistic categorisation of PESTLE factors in a linear fashion that underpin this tool. Rather, the authors’ call for the use of strategic planning tools that are able to capture a large number of inter-related factors holistically.
Practical implications – This insight to the inter-related factors that contribute to food insecurity will
allow policy developers, decision makers and others to develop their understanding of how strategic planning can support increased levels of food security within a circular economy and across cross-enterprises.
Originality/value – The authors contribute to the literature through a new insight of how normative
strategic planning tools need to evolve in a complex, inter-connected world of international business and geo-politics. In doing so, it is expected that this research will motivate others to develop their line of enquiry around uncovering and exploring those inter-relationships connecting PESTLE factors.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/19004 |
| Date | 07 October 2017 |
| Creators | Irani, Zahir, Sharif, Amir M. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Published version |
| Rights | © The Authors. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial & non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode, CC-BY |
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