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IS 460 Notes. Strategic Planning By Thomas Hilton. Topics. Definition/Purpose Context Deliverables Method. Definition. Strategic Planning is a procedure for determining the direction in which an organization needs to move to fulfill its mission
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IS 460 Notes Strategic Planning By Thomas Hilton
Topics • Definition/Purpose • Context • Deliverables • Method
Definition Strategic Planning is a procedure for determining the • direction in which an organization needs to move to fulfill its mission • basic objectives of an organization and allocating resources to their accomplishment
Definition A strategic plan is a document that • results from strategic planning • contains the mission, direction, goals, etc. of the organization • acts as a road map for carrying out the strategy and achieving long-term goals
Context: Strategic Management • Operations –immediate execution (this project) • Tactics –near-term execution (this year) • Strategy –long-term execution (five years?) StrategicManagement TacticalManagement OperationsManagement
Deliverables/Results • Coordination of All Parts of the Organization • Sense of Direction, Ethos • Sense of Ownership, Membership, Motivation • Strategic Planning Document
Method Identify , develop, document… • Strategic Planning Team • Stakeholders • Scope of Plan • Environmental Influences • Core Values • Mission • Vision • Goals • Objectives • Tasks
Strategic Planning Team • Influential (or at least credible) • Representative (or consultative) • Few in number • Broad viewpoint
Stakeholders • Recipients of organization output • Providers of organization input • Members of the organization • Many in number (sample them) • Narrow viewpoint
Boundary/Scope of Plan • Negotiable • Revisit as needed throughout planning process • Approximate the client’s scope of practice • Establish accountability
Trends in the Relevant Environment • Markets • Competitors • Regulations • Staffing • Capital • Technology
Core Values • Moral justification for organization’s existence • Permanent • Internalized organization-wide • Ideological • Example
Mission • Main area(s) of organization accomplishment • Nearly permanent • Shared organization-wide • Conceptual • Example
Vision • Chosen instantiation of the mission • Rarely changes • Accepted organization-wide • Broadly Contextual • Example
Goals • Components of the vision • Change slowly as accomplished (or abandoned) • Accepted by appropriate divisions in the organization • Specifically Contextual • Example
Objectives • Components of each goal • Change per planning cycle (five years?) • Accepted by appropriate departments within divisions of the organization • Measurable (often via surrogates) • Example
Tasks • Components of each objective • Change relatively often (annually?) • Accepted by appropriate persons/work-groups with budget, deadline, and deliverables • Performable, directly measurable • Example
Timing Considerations • Complete in Days or Weeks • Revise Annually (Quarterly?) • Most Revision in Tasks, Objectives, Goals