Strategic Planning — Related Library Topics

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    Strategic Planning — Related Library Topics

    This topic includes information for for-profits and nonprofits.
    Information specific to one type of organization is marked as
    such.

    Regarding Phases of Traditional Strategic Planning Process

    Preparation
    for Strategic Planning

    – – – Guidelines
    to Keep Perspective During Planning

    – – – Useful
    Skills to Have When Planning

    – – – Need
    Consultant or Facilitator to Help You With Planning?

    – – – Who
    Should Be Involved in Planning?

    – – – How
    Many Planning Meetings Will We Need?

    Always
    First Do “Plan for a Plan”

    Strategic
    Analyses

    – – – Taking
    Wide Look Around the Outside of Organization (Opportunities and
    Threats)

    – – – Looking
    Around Inside the Organization (Strengths and Weaknesses)

    Setting
    Strategic Direction

    – – – Strategizing
    (identifying goals and methods to achieve them)

    – – – Developing/Updating
    Mission Statement (the purpose of the organization)

    – – – Developing/Updating
    Vision Statement (depiction of future state of organization and
    customers)

    – – – Developing/Updating
    Values Statement (overall priorities in how organization operates)

    Action
    Planning (who will do what and by when)

    Writing
    and Communicating the Plan

    Implementing,
    Monitoring, Evaluating and Deviating from the Plan — and Managing
    Change

    Broader Related Topics

    Appreciative
    Inquiry

    Business
    Development

    Basic Research
    Methods

    Business Planning
    Capacity
    Building (nonprofits)

    Chaos Theory
    Controlling
    / Coordinating the Implementation of Plans

    Creativity and Innovation
    Decision
    Making
    How to Improve Your Organization
    How to Lead and Manage in Your
    Organization
    How to Work With Groups
    Finances and
    Accounting (For-Profit)

    Finances and
    Accounting (Nonprofit)

    General Planning Process
    Guidelines,
    Methods and Resources for Organizational Change Agents

    Guidelines for Successful
    Planning

    Management
    by Objectives

    Marketing
    Evaluating
    Organizations
    Organizational Structures and Design
    Organizational
    Evaluation
    Organizational
    Performance Management

    Organizing Resources
    to Implement Plans

    Organizational
    Sustainability

    Performance
    Management (generic)

    Planning (includes numerous
    types of planning)

    Problem
    Solving

    Product Development
    Program Management
    Project Planning
    Sustainable
    Development

    Systems Thinking

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