still in effect today. The charter “…sets forth the purposes of the organization which includes giving relief to and serving as a medium of communication between members of the American armed forces and their families and providing national and international disaster relief and mitigation” (Red Cross‚ 2013d‚ para. 4). Since 2006‚ the Red Cross and FEMA have partnered together to help various government agencies and communities plan and coordinate the provision of food and shelter for people affected
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1. INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC PLANNING Strategic Planning Process Defined Successful RBA efforts involve strategic planning‚ implementation‚ monitoring‚ and evaluation (which will ultimately provide data that will be used in future planning and implementation efforts). Strategic planning‚ an essential first step in the development of a results-based accountability system‚ is defined as the process of addressing the following questions: Where are we? What do we have to work with? Where do we want
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Channels of Distribution Our channels of distribution will deal with how we connect to our customer segment‚ how we raise awareness of our product to our customer segment‚ how we deliver our products to our customers and how we handle returns of our products. Our channels of distribution will vary each year that we expand our products to different customer segments. We will set up and establish a website that features our products and highlights the value proposition of our products. This
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Strategic Plan‚ Part I: Conceptualizing a Business Marcia Cortez MKT 475 August 13‚ 2012 Michele Dougherty Strategic Plan‚ Part I: Conceptualizing a Business Creating a business is a difficult task that requires essential strategic management. “Strategic management is defined as the set of decisions and actions that result in the formulation and
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Strategic Plan‚ Part I: Conceptualizing a Business I have a child who is artistic and throughout his life I have searched for various programs and facilities that would enhance his learning ability. Now that he is an adult there are only a few places‚ which offer continued life lessons for adults with autism. Most of the facilities are faced with no money or support. The government has reduced funding to the nonprofit organizations because of the poor economic conditions. There is usually not
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character of the downtown environment in terms of how it looks and how it functions. Only if these investments are coordinated can maximum benefits be obtained. When the Center City Commission initiated a strategic plan in 1999‚ it was responding to the recognized need for a collaborative planning process that both articulated long-range directions for Downtown Memphis and identified short-range action steps to help reach those goals. Two years later‚ the results of that effort are impressive.
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Abstract Ask five or ten different people for a definition of strategic planning or decision making or even planning and you will probably receive five or ten different answers. Most agree that strategic planning is a way to identify long-term goals and to direct your company toward fulfilling those goals. Most also will agree that decision making is a cognitive activity involving the interplay of environmental cues and human cognitive processes‚ culminating in the selection of one or more possible
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The history of strategic planning begins in the military. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ strategy is "the science of planning and directing large-scale military operations‚ of maneuvering forces into the most advantageous position prior to actual engagement with the enemy" (Guralnic‚ 1986). Although our understanding of strategy and applying strategic planning in management has been transformed from a point of military maneuvering to one that aim’s to achieve and gives a structured
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process of strategic planning. Strategic planning‚ when done correctly‚ necessitates making decisions that will ensure the district’s ability to successfully respond to changes‚ focus on specific goals and plan for sustainable financial and educational viability. As superintendent‚ I have had the experience of both leading strategic planning initiatives and also using professional organizations to assist our efforts. One key and fundamental component in making the strategic planning process work
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Potential Challenges within the strategic planning process Strategic planning has a lot of advantages to it but‚ at the same time‚ there are issues/barriers and potential challenges that an organization may face. The tool to the effectiveness of any strategic plan is to find any barrier/challenge and develop a plan to eradicate the barriers. “A strategic issue is a fundamental policy question or challenge affecting an organization’s mandates‚ mission and values‚ product or service level and mix‚
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