This paper evaluates if the process of strategic planning in Banco Central do Brasil has been sufficient, from a temporal perspective, to make the organization more proactive. Our focus was on two decentralized units, one of which replied a questionare given out in 1995 after the Meeting of Strategic Management of Banco Central do Brasil (November/1991). The questionare was handed out again in December/1998 to both organizational units, after the Meeting of Strategic Management in april/1998. Therefore, it was possible to evaluate the answers of one organizational unit at two distinct times and to compare the replies of two different units at the same moment.
planning; strategy; management; business
