strategic planning process

Question 1

Strategic Planning

Answer 1

Strategic planning is a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does, and why it does it, with a focus on the future. (Bryson, 1988.)

Question 2

Strategic Planning Process

Answer 2

Step 1: Getting ready; initiating the planning process
Results in a work plan.

Step 2: Developing a mission and vision
Results in a mission statement.

Step 3: Conducting an environmental assessment
Results in a resource database of information.

Step 4: Developing strategies, goals and objectives
Results in an outline of strategic directions.

Step 5: Writing the strategic plan
Results in a strategic plan.

Question 3

Vision

Answer 3

An expression of an optimal desired future state of what an organization wants to achieve over time.
Organizational direction
Inspiration for employees
Unification - oneness

Question 4

Goals, Mission, Objectives

Answer 4

guidelines that explain what you want to achieve in oyur community. global and long term

A description of an organization’s unique character and what it intends to do for its client.
objectives defines strategies or implementation steps to attain the identified goals. they are specific measurable, and have a defined completion date, they are more specific outline the’ who, what, when, where, and how.

Question 5

Core Values

Answer 5

Set of values that guide the employees through the right track in achieving the goals/vision

How will we do things?

List of shared values among staff