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If done well, strategic planning is continuous and provides the basis for everything the organization does each day.
All variables deemed important on an a priori basis, such as age, were also included.
Zimbabwe's minister of health and child welfare also notes two sad trends: 1) Discrimination against AIDS sufferers has overtaken discrimination on the basis of race and tribe and 2) "Most people want to pretend [AIDS] is a black disease, but the white community is equally affected, they just have more money to keep it hidden for a longer time than their black counterparts."
She's on a first-name basis with him, although it's kind of hard to tell.
Estimated costs, rather than actual costs, are sometimes the basis for credits to work-in-process accounts and debits to finished goods inventory.