Running head: ARTICLE & DISCUSSION Johns Hopkins University Master in Organizational Development Facilitating Strategic Planning‚ Problems Solving and Decision Making By Carolina Goicochea Castro January 8‚ 2007 ARTICLE & DISCUSSION Overview Introduction of Strategic Planning and Facilitation Strategic Planning Strategic planning is the continuous and systematic process of guiding members of an organization to make decisions about its future‚ develop the necessary procedures and operations
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A business strategy is the means by which it sets out to achieve its desired ends (objectives). It can simply be described as a long-term business planning. Typically a business strategy will cover a period of about 3-5 years (sometimes even longer). A business strategy is concerned with major resource issues e.g. raising the finance to build a new factory or plant. Strategies are also concerned with deciding on what products to allocate major resources to - for example when Coca-Cola launched Pooh
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Strategic Planning Wissam AlHussaini‚ PhD ! Outline ! What is Strategy? ! Strategic Planning Process ! Environment Analysis ! Setting Objectives Thinking Strategically: The Three Big Strategic Questions 1. What’s the organization’s present situation? 2. Where does the organization need to go from here? 2. Markets to be in ! Stakeholders’ needs and groups to serve ! Direction to head 3. How should it get there? ! An organization’s answer to will we get there? how is its strategy
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Strategic Planning Process – Case Analysis The Strategic Planning Process: The Strategic Planning Process involves numerous steps in evaluating the effectiveness of a firm’s performance relative to its competitors. To assess each of the components of a business‚ selected evaluative tools must be used. The tools are meant to serve as guidelines and not specific decision points. Management must decide upon the most appropriate pathway for the firm to follow given the input from both the
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benefits of global strategic marketing planning formality. Global strategic marketing planning formality is a process by which businesses and their subsidiaries derive the best decisions and methods so as to compete in the market it serves in. According to Herter (1995) he proclaimed that in the global world regardless of the size‚ every business needs a comprehensive plan which is the first step in order to achieve success therefore a business without proper management style and planning processes will
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Kudler Fine Foods: Strategic Planning Kudler Fine Foods (Kudler)‚ a gourmet shop‚ has recently decided to add organic produce to its product line up and implement a catering service. Actuating this business venture will affect Kudler ’s suppliers‚ employees‚ and consumers. The focus of this paper is to explore how changes in technology have created business opportunities for Kudler‚ identify the strategy that Kudler should pursue‚ explore some of the tactics the organization should implement
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Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix or a QSPM The Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix or a QSPM approach attempts to objectively select the best strategy using input from other management techniques and some easy computations. In other words‚ the QSPM method uses inputs from stage 1 analyses‚ matches them with results from stage 2 analyses‚ and then decides objectively among alternative strategies. Stage 1 strategic management tools... The first step in the overall strategic management analysis
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Health Care Planning & Evaluation Bruce Carruthers September 6‚ 2010 In business there are strategies that need to be fulfilled. Starting a business or health care organization we need to use strategy planning. In the strategy planning of our business or health care organization we need to map out the mission‚ vision and goals that we want our business or health care organization to meet. My paper is going to be on the Veterans Health Administration strategy planning. This paper will
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Leadership Role Essay Donald L. Jones Strategic Planning‚ MGMT414 June 22‚ 2014 Leadership Role Essay Strategic planning and leadership go hand-in-hand. Strategic leaders have vision‚ foresight‚ clarity of mind‚ and the willingness and determination to see the process through to the end. The influence and power that a leader has on the strategic planning process is important because they are the ones that people will follow and look to see the validity in the process. This paper will discuss
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