Introduction
What Is Strategic Planning and Why Do It?
Several Complementary Ways of Looking at and Thinking About Strategic Planning
The Benefits of Strategic Planning
Poor Excuses for Avoiding Strategic Planning
Two Legitimate Reasons Not to Undertake Strategic Planning
What Is Strategic Planning and Why Do It?
Strategic planning is “a deliberative, disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization (or other entity) is, what it does, and why it does it” (Bryson, 2011). Strategic planning is an approach to dealing with the serious challenges that organizations, parts of organizations, collaborations, and communities face. These challenges require deliberation and discipline on the part ...
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