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'''Stephen G. Haines''' (19451945–2012) iswas an American [[organizational theorist]], [[management consultant]], author of books on [[ management]] and [[systems thinking]], and an international recognized leader in [[strategic planning]] and strategic change.<ref name="SGH00"> Stephen G. Haines (2000). ''The Manager's Pocket Guide to Systems Thinking''. p.157.</ref>

Stephen Haines hasearned a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in [[ engineering]] from the [[United States Naval Academy]]. inHe 1968,also anworked [[Doctorfor ofa Education|Ed.D]]doctorate (allin butManagement dissertation) in [[management]] and [[educationalEducational psychologyPsychology]] from [[Temple University]], andbut did not complete the dissertation He received a [[Master of Science in Administration|M.S.A.]] in [[organizationalOrganization developmentDevelopment]] under [[Richard F. Ericson]] and Jerry Harvey at the [[George Washington University]].<ref name="SGH00"/>

As a former [[U.S. Naval]] officer, Stephenhe flew Navy jets, piloted ships, and served off Vietnam.<ref>[https://bestpracticeinstitute.org/cgi-bin/expert_profile.pl?id=207&cmd=biography Stephen Haines BIOGRAPHY]. Retrieved June 14, 2009.</ref> SinceIn the 1970s, Haines has worked as an executive and consultant in several positions. He haswas beenexecutive Executivevice Vice Presidentpresident of Imperial Corporation of America,<ref name="SGH00"/>, a nationwide financial serviceservices firm that filed for bankruptcy in 1990.<ref>James R. Barth, Susanne Trimbath, Glenn Yago (2004). ''The savings and loan crisis''. Springer, 2004. {{ISBN 1402078714|1-4020-7871-4}} p.266-276.</ref> and Seniorsenior Vicevice Presidentpresident of [[Freddie Mac]]. FurtherHe healso hadheld executive positions with [[MCI Inc.]], [[Exxon]], [[Sunoco]], and [[Marriott Corporation]]. In the 1980s, he was president of University Associates (UA) Consulting and Training Services. And in 1990 heHe founded the Haines Centre for Strategic Management, wherein he1990, hasserving beenas CEO; everthe since,firm withnow has a network of offices in over 25 countries. He was very active in the formulation of the Association for Strategic Planning's strategic planning certification program.

In order toTo develop a strategic management systemssystem, Haines (2000) suggestssuggested "using the "Systems Thinking Approach" and its five phases-phased (ABCDE) Systems Thinking model that invites the leader to ask and answer five important questions".:<ref>Carrie Regenstein, Barbara I. Dewey (2003). ''Leadership, higher education, and the information age: a new era for information technology and libraries''. Neal-Schuman Publishers. {{ISBN 1555704557|1-55570-455-7}}. p.13.</ref> These five questions are: <ref name="SGH002"> Stephen G. Haines (2000). ''The systems thinking approach to strategic planning and management‎management''. pp.43-44</ref>

:(A) Where do we want to be?

:(B) How dowill we wantknow towhen we get there?

:(C) Where are we right now?

:(D) How do we get there from here?, and

:(E) What is changing in the future external environment, that we need to take into account?

These five questions "alignsalign directly with the five phases of a system: (1) output, (2) feedback loop, (3) input, and (4) throughput/actions (5) within the dynamic and changing environment".<ref name="SGH002"/>

Haines writtenwrote more than 16 books, over 50 articles, and developed 12 volumes of the Haines' Strategic Library.<ref>The Haines' Strategic Library contains over 7,000 pages—Planning, Leadership, HR, Change, Customer Value, and Systems Thinking.</ref> A selection:

* 1995. ''Sustaining high performanceHigh Performance:The theStrategic strategic transformationTransformation to a customerCustomer focusedFocused learningLearning organizationOrganization''. With,with Katie McCoy.

* 1998. ''Manager's pocketPocket guideGuide to strategicStrategic and businessBusiness planningPlanning : theThe systemsSystems thinkingThinking approachApproach''.

* 2000. ''Successful careerCareer and life planningLife Planning: theThe systemsSystems thinkingThinking approachApproach''.

* 2000. ''Systems thinkingThinking approachApproach to strategicStrategic planningPlanning and managementManagement''.

* 2002. ''Successful strategicStrategic humanHuman resourceResource planningPlanning''., Withwith Allan Bandt.

* 2004. ''ABCs of strategic managementStrategic Management: anAn executiveExecutive briefingBriefing and planPlan-to-planPlan dayDay on strategicStrategic managementManagement in the 21st centuryCentury''.

* 2005. ''Enterprise-wide changeWide Change: superiorSuperior resultsResults throughThrough systemsSystems thinkingThinking''., Withwith Gail Aller-Stead, and James McKinlay.

* 2007. ''Pearls of wisdom Wisdom:Facilitation facilitation toolsTools, tipsTips, and techniquesTechniques for groupGroup leadersLeaders, managersManagers and executivesExecutives''.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090816074957/http://www.stephenhaines.com/keynote/pdfs/MSST-01.pdf Keynote presentation on systems thinking] by Stephen Haines, 2005.

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