BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Game Plan

  • a strategy worked out in advance. The term game plan derives from sporting terminology.

Wiktionary Definition for: Game Plan

  • idiom any strategy devised to reach a given objective
  • Ex: ''So what is the game plan? We need to get everyone out of this alive, and I am clueless.''

Additional Resources

Developing Your Network Marketing Game Plan.
There is nothing like a clear, detailed and concise game plan to guide ones success in network marketing. This article summarizes some of the key elements to developing such a successful game plan. It's critical to always make sure that the actions one take are in line with intended results....
Tags: Network, Game Plan, Network Marketing, Games, Marketing Research, Personal Technology, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Where's the agility game plan? (agile manufacturing plan at General Motors)
00-00-0000 A General Motors VP calls for developing a "playbook" that workers will understand. But dims a generic game plan make sense? 00-00-0000 A General Motors VP calls for developing a "playbook" that workers will understand. But dims a generic game plan...
Tags: game, General Motors Corp., manufacturing
Research articles 1996-07-15
NFL's game plan scores big points with adult consumers. (clothing licensing plan)
NFL's Game Plan Scores Big Points With Adult Consumers NEW YORK -- When sports licensing executives talk, it can often sound like a football coach reviewing his game strategy. "Our plan is to be more aggressive at the retail level, and we feel...
Tags: Games, NFL, Retail
Research articles 1986-11-10
DirecTV Sets Promo For 'ESPN Game Plan'.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
In an effort to attract college-football pay-per-view buys, DirecTV Inc. will team up with ESPN to create a sweepstakes campaign for the "ESPN Game Plan" package. In an effort to attract college-football pay-per-view buys, DirecTV Inc. will team up with ESPN to...
Tags: DirecTV, ESPN
Research articles 2000-07-24
NHL Includes Kids in its Marketing Game Plan.
AS THE PROFESSIONAL ICE HOCKEY COMMUNITY GLIDES INTO A NEW SEASON, the National Hockey League NHL unveiled a strategic, new game plan that will underscore all marketing, promotional and merchandising activities into the future. Look for an update AS THE PROFESSIONAL ICE HOCKEY COMMUNITY...
Tags: game, marketing
Research articles 2001-01-01
Digital Cable Big Part of 'Game Plan'.(Brief Article)
Though ESPN's college football pay-per-view package has been primarily a direct-broadcast satellite product in recent years, network executives said they expect digital-cable growth to level the "ESPN Game Plan" playing field. ESPN Though ESPN's college football pay-per-view...
Tags: ESPN, game
Research articles 2000-09-04
Naza, Kia reveal game plan to end Toyota, Nissan dominance, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times Malaysia 04-02-2003 NAZA Group and technical partner Kia Motors Corp of South Korea have revealed more details of their game plan to end the reign of Toyota and Nissan in the non-national car segment by 2005. ...
Tags: game, Kia Motors Corp., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., sales, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2003-04-02
BankBoston Forms Partnership with Game Plan; Aims for Sports Lending.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
Dec. 18--BankBoston, looking to expand its investments in the growing sports industry, yesterday announced it had formed a partnership with Game Plan LLC, a three-year-old consulting and financing company founded by former New England Patriot Randy Vataha and lawyer Robert Caporale. ...
Tags: bank, Boston Globe, FINANCE, Fleet Bank, Games, partnership
Research articles 1997-12-18
Game Plan LLC Retained by Robert Sturges to Pursue Orlando Magic Ownership Bid
Business Editors BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 21, 2002 Game Plan LLC, one of the country's premier investment banking firms for the sports and entertainment industry, has been retained by Robert Sturges, Florida businessman and minority owner of the Miami Heat, to assist in the effort to acquire the Orlando Magic....
Tags: Games, NBA, team
Research articles 2002-02-21
A New Game Plan for C Players
The Idea in Brief How to sustain a 23% annual shareholder return? Push your growth rate from 4% to 10% in one year? Triple your market capitalization in three years? Clothing retailer The Limited,...
Tags: Performance, 360-degree, Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, Beth Axelrod, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, C-player, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Human Resources, Talent
Articles 2008-03-10
A winning game plan - Charlotte Hornets basketball team
A Winning Game Plan Down on the court, the Charlotte Hornets were slogging through a contest that looked more like a playground pick-up game than a battle between professional teams in the National Basketball Association. Kelly Tripucka, one of the Hornets' top scorers, connected only once in 11 attempts....
Tags: Charlotte, franchise, Games, NBA, team
Research articles 1990-03-01
Active game plan: maximize brandname impact. (All about Sportswear)
Active Game Plan: Maximize Brandname Impact In the war for more retail real estate, the major manufacturers of activewear and footwear plan to coordinate their design efforts to maximize brand name impact amid a scarcity of store floorspace. By...
Tags: adidas AG, apparel, brand, Branding, game, MARKETING, Nike Inc., SALES
Research articles 1988-02-01
What's Your Game Plan
Article insights on why someone buys investment Real Estate. It suggests that looking at a potential investment property, one should consider where it might fit into the "A", "B", or ultimately "C" type categories and overall investment goals. Article explains that it is prudent to ask what is the game...
Tags: Games, Personal Technology
White papers 2003-01-01
A New Game Plan for C Players
A New Game Plan for C PlayersTaking Advantage of Today's MarketThe War for Talent contains a basic premise: there are not very many great people out there and that number will be dropping with the baby boomers leaving the corporate workforce. One should also stay mindful of the fact...
Tags: C-player, New Game Plan, performance, performer, talent
Discussion threads 2008-02-06
NFL brand game plan: team effort - National Footbal League reorganizes its apparel licensing program - Brief Article
The National Football League is kicking off a new licensing strategy, building an exclusive all-star team. Haddad, VF, Reebok and G-III are part of a long-term game plan that will better organize its program. A partner since the 1980s, VF now has exclusive rights to produce certain NFL merchandise for...
Tags: NFL, team
Research articles 2001-09-17
A game plan for the 1990s and beyond. (Hancox Here; active wear industry) (column)
A game plan for the 1990s and beyond HERZOGENAURACH, W. Germany FNS -- By the year 2010, people will work approximately a 32-hour, four-day week and will have more liesure time, creating a much wider market for activewear manufacturers worldwide. Sports and other...
Tags: adidas AG, game, manufacturer, Manufacturing, MARKETING, SALES
Research articles 1987-11-18
What's the game plan? (View Point).(U.S energy policy)(Editorial)
If and when our country's leaders ever manage to approve a new national energy policy, the propane industry stands to reap a healthy share of the billions of dollars in incentives proposed for alternative fuel use in the years ahead. When that legislation...
Tags: Games, incentive, SALES, Strategy, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2002-11-01
NFL: Smith likes new game plan
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Steve Smith spent the preseason perplexed. He liked new offensive coordinator Jeff Davidson's philosophy and ideas, but the Panthers did little more than run basic plays in exhibition games. "We were real vanilla. We stripped it down, and I was frustrated a little bit," Smith...
Tags: Games, NFL
Research articles 2007-09-09
'Game Plan' tops North America box office
LOS ANGELES AFP — "The Game Plan," a family comedy about a professional athlete who discovers he has a daughter from an old relationship, won over the North American box office this weekend, initial figures showed on Sunday. The comedy starring former pro-wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Madison...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, box-office, Games, Government
Research articles 2007-09-30
Time to decide your Sweet 16 game plan.(News)
Byline: Sara Burnett Daily Herald Staff Writer The Illinois men's basketball team has been preparing since last week to face Wisconsin-Milwaukee Thursday in the Sweet 16. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:27 p.m. (CBS, WSCR-AM 670) at Allstate Arena in Rosemont. ...
Tags: Allstate Corp., Games, Illinois, team
Research articles 2005-03-23