This document outlines the strategic planning process for an unnamed Planning Unit. It includes reviewing the organization's mission and values, conducting an environmental scan of trends, generating a vision for the future, developing new strategies, assessing capacity, and revising the strategy. The environmental scan covers technological, economic, educational, socio-cultural, demographic, legislative, and geo-political trends expected to impact the organization. New strategies are generated to move from the current state to the envisioned future vision. Capacity is assessed to rate current and new initiatives. The strategy is then reviewed and revised based on feedback.
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1. Identification of Goals and Objectives:
2. Determine Premises
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4. Assessing Options
5. Choose the Optimal Path (Top Alternative)
6. Crafting Supportive Strategies
7. Implementing the Plan
8. Analyzing the Complete Planning Journey
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Planning is a crucial process in various aspects of life, from personal goal setting to business strategy development and project management. The stages of planning provide a structured framework for organizing thoughts, making informed decisions, and achieving desired outcomes. Here are outline the typical stages of planning in detail:
1. Identification of Goals and Objectives:
2. Determine Premises
3. Exploring Pathways: Uncovering Corporate Options
4. Assessing Options
5. Choose the Optimal Path (Top Alternative)
6. Crafting Supportive Strategies
7. Implementing the Plan
8. Analyzing the Complete Planning Journey
9. Documentation
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“Strategic Thinking is a way of understanding the fundamental drivers of a Business and rigorously (and playfully) challenging conventional thinking about them.”
--> Focuses on finding and developing unique opportunities to create value for the organization
--> Takes into account: Products & offerings, Markets, Clients/Customers, Competitors, and Suppliers.
--> Input to strategic planning
--------------------------
The process of Strategic Thinking must ensure that business strategies are:
+ Aligned: fit with business’s Mission, Vision, Competitive Situation, and Operating Strategies
+ Goal-orientated: strategies’ outcomes must linked with business’s goals
+ Focused: points out exactly what should be prioritized
+ Implementable
it will provide you the quick review of Strategic Planning Definitions,Methods and Planning Templates, Techniques and Tools Logical Sequence Planning and much more about this particular topic.
To provide participants a ‘tool kit’ of planning
To demonstrate value of application of planning methods & tools in
The slides discuss the basic idea about public policy, types of policies, nature of public policy, forms of policies and models/ approaches of the public policies.
Capacity is the ability to fulfil a task or meet an objective effectively. It refers to the skills of staff and the strength of a specific situation.
Capacity building is how individuals and organisations obtain, improve and retain the skills and knowledge needed to do their job competently.
Policy development is crucial part in policy process. This presentation will help to understand more and get some tips from my experience in health policy development, synthesized with theories from WHO and US-CDC materials
Introducing Community Asset Mapping to MSW Students to facilitate their field work observation and learning in a municipal ward of Madurai city with million+ population
“Strategic Thinking is a way of understanding the fundamental drivers of a Business and rigorously (and playfully) challenging conventional thinking about them.”
--> Focuses on finding and developing unique opportunities to create value for the organization
--> Takes into account: Products & offerings, Markets, Clients/Customers, Competitors, and Suppliers.
--> Input to strategic planning
--------------------------
The process of Strategic Thinking must ensure that business strategies are:
+ Aligned: fit with business’s Mission, Vision, Competitive Situation, and Operating Strategies
+ Goal-orientated: strategies’ outcomes must linked with business’s goals
+ Focused: points out exactly what should be prioritized
+ Implementable
it will provide you the quick review of Strategic Planning Definitions,Methods and Planning Templates, Techniques and Tools Logical Sequence Planning and much more about this particular topic.
To provide participants a ‘tool kit’ of planning
To demonstrate value of application of planning methods & tools in
The slides discuss the basic idea about public policy, types of policies, nature of public policy, forms of policies and models/ approaches of the public policies.
Capacity is the ability to fulfil a task or meet an objective effectively. It refers to the skills of staff and the strength of a specific situation.
Capacity building is how individuals and organisations obtain, improve and retain the skills and knowledge needed to do their job competently.
Policy development is crucial part in policy process. This presentation will help to understand more and get some tips from my experience in health policy development, synthesized with theories from WHO and US-CDC materials
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2. 9/24/2015
Process Steps
2
• Review of Mission & Values
• Environmental Scan
• Visioning Process
•Strategy Generation
•Capacity Assessment
•Revision of Strategy
3. 9/24/2015
Review Mission & Values
“Organization as a Catholic liberal arts
college, creates a community of active
learners, reflective thinkers, ethical
decision-makers, and responsible
contributors in diverse professional,
social, and religious roles.”
3
5. 9/24/2015
What is Spiritual Life’s Current Mission?
Inspired by Catholic Tradition we
help realize the spiritual potential of
all persons.
5
6. 9/24/2015
What is the Current Vision of Campus
Spiritual Life?
Spiritual Life at organization invites personal
transformation through a deeper understanding of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel, coupled with our
faith tradition, is the lens through which we view our
baptismal call, personal giftedness, and relationships.
Through personal transformation we seek to deepen
both our understanding and integration of our faith
tradition, and our commitment to spiritual growth through
the challenge and support of community.
6
7. 9/24/2015
What is the Current Vision of Campus Spiritual
Life?
The context of Spiritual Life at Organization
emphasizes openness to understanding the breadth
and depth of the Catholic faith tradition through our
vision of church (ecclesiology), our personal
relationship with God (spirituality), our understanding
and articulation of the teaching of the Church
(theology), and our service to the world.
7
8. 9/24/2015
Current Strategic Themes
Forming the Faith Community
Appropriating the Faith
Forming the Christian Conscience
Educating for Justice
Facilitating Personal Development
Developing Leaders for the Future
8
9. 9/24/2015
Environmental Scan
Future Trend Analysis
Not limited to Competitive
Marketplace
Anticipates needs of target
populations
“Given our mission & values, what is the
“best guess” picture of the future
environment for our organization in the 9
11. 9/24/2015
Technological Trends
Web 3D– Virtual Worlds—the
Metaverse
Rise of Social Networking
Google is the library
E-books, not textbooks
Rise of Mobile Platform, Smart-
Phones, etc.
More courses on the internet (ÜDÜTÜ)
“Green” Campus initiatives
11
12. 9/24/2015
Technological Trends
“Green” also means less paper, more
digital.
More Geo-tagging and location based
service delivery
Video content of everything in and
around the learning environment
New course management platforms
Learning Objects, SCORM & LCMS
Need for greater information security
12
13. 9/24/2015
Technological Trends
Increased use of Nano technology
and robotics
Smart Robots; Artificial Intelligence
matures
Japan & its neighbors will dominate
the next phase in internet growth.
13
14. 9/24/2015
Economic Trends
Lower enrollments, mean less money for capital
investments
Anticipate multiple years of negative budget growth
Influx of “Big Science” Federal Grants on
Campuses
Shift from oil-based to knowledge-based economy
Talent shortages will undermine the new economy
14
15. 9/24/2015
Educational Trends
Peer –to-Peer Learning
Simulation & Gaming
Growing potential for an “Open University” platform
online
Virtual Education increases (Teachers identified as
the critical path limiter on delivery)
15
16. 9/24/2015
Educational Trends
Former MIT President Charles Vests suggested that, as
early as 2006 …
“…a meta-university would be ‘a
transcendent, accessible,
empowering, dynamic, communally
constructed framework of open
materials and platforms on which
much of higher education worldwide
can be constructed or enhanced.”
16
17. 9/24/2015
Socio Cultural Trends
Emphasis on “green” systems & sustainability
Changes in family structures
Globalization. The world becomes smaller and
more diverse
Knowledge Work requires greater Knowledge
Management
Global Access
17
18. 9/24/2015
Socio Cultural Trends
Telemedicine
Increased use of artificial organs
Cancer cure
Life extension (could approach 120
yrs by 2030)
Hybrid fuel-cell cars
Automated highways
18
19. 9/24/2015
Socio Cultural Trends
Hypersonic planes
Space tourism
Moon colony & humans on Mars
Number of US jobs filled by
telecommuters could grow fourfold to 19
million by 2012
First synthetic cells distributed for public
use
19
20. 9/24/2015
Demographics
Pop. Of US will rise to 438 million in 2050
82% of increase will be due to immigration
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans will be an immigrant in 2050
Latino population will triple in size & account for most
of US population growth
Non-Hispanic population to increase more slowly
Whites become a minority (47%) by 2050
20
21. 9/24/2015
Demographics
Adults aged 100 or older are a fast-growing
population group
Nation’s elderly population will more than double
in size from now to 2050
US Senior Citizens postponing retirement
Dependency Ratio (number of children & elderly
per 100 adults of working age) will rise to 72
dependents per 100 adults of working age by
2050
21
22. 9/24/2015
Legislative Trends
Small governments will eclipse big governments as
a threat to privacy/liberty
Power & Influence will shift away from the US and
toward Asia by 2025
Consumption of goods in the US will return to
historically normal levels as the millennial
generation comes of age
22
23. 9/24/2015
Geo-political Trends
Increase in alternative fuels, e.g. hydrogen
Increased needs for access to fresh water
(desalination)
Precision farming: Computerized control of
irrigation, seed fertilization & pesticide application
based on GPS-specific needs
Increased us of Biometrics to control security and
prevent identity theft
23
24. 9/24/2015
Identify Significant trends
• Write down 5 trends you believe will have the
greatest impact on your work
• Share choices
• Set priorities
• Use these as a backdrop for visioning exercise
24
25. 9/24/2015
Visioning
No Limits (No self-editing)
The Bigger the Better (Big Hairy Audacious
Goals)
Rule: If you can dream it; you can do it
Engaging
Beyond your wildest expectations
Clear & Palpable (Visual or Graphic)
Memorable
25
27. 9/24/2015
Nike’s Vision Statement
"To bring inspiration and innovation to every
athlete* in the world"
* If you have a body, you are an athlete.
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Ikea’s Vision Statement
“Affordable solutions for better living”
Heinz’ Vision Statement
“To be the world's premier food company,
offering nutritious, superior tasting foods to
people everywhere."
28. 9/24/2015
Visioning Scenario
It’s 2015 and you are at a reception in honor of your
team. It is attended by television, magazine ,and
newspaper reporters. There are tables with copies of
the Chronicle of Higher Education, the New York
Times and the Washington Post. There are awards
and citations on the tables. Each article and citation
talks about the amazing success of your innovative
team and the contribution they have made, not just to
the college, but to colleges everywhere.
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29. 9/24/2015
Strategy Generation
Identify major goals from vision
Generate new strategies to get you
from “here” to “there”
Organize into Strategic “Themes”
or “Planks”
29
31. 9/24/2015
Capacity Assessment
List current projects, deliverables,
and services:
◦ Who are your target audiences?
◦ For each audience, what do you deliver?
List new projects, deliverables and services from
new strategic initiatives
Rate each item on the list on capacity and
importance to implementation of the strategic
plan.
31
33. 9/24/2015
Boston Consulting Group’s Approach to SWOT
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Strategy G C
1. Add staff H H
2. New Service L H
3. Expand H L
4. Overseas L L
5. Self Service H H
6. New Course L H
7. Acquisition H L
5
1
4
3
7
2
6
34. 9/24/2015
Boston Consulting Group’s Approach to SWOT
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Question Mark:
(Set a time limit and
amount of money to
attempt to turn the
question mark into a
star.)
Hitch Your Wagon To
The Star
Shoot The Dog :
(It drags you down.)
Milk the Cash Cow:
(Invest the profits
elsewhere)
35. 9/24/2015
Review & Revise Strategy
Add strategies to build capacity, where
needed or to evaluate the “Question
Marks”
Communicate results of process and
gather feedback and gain adherents
Review & revise priorities based on
assessment
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Editor's Notes
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There are many ways to do strategic planning, but these steps represent “best-practice”. The first five steps are fairly standard. In this case, we’ll need spend some time identifying and mapping core processes and in clarifying roles, duties and tasks in order to focus on development of a unit structure that will be most appropriate to delivering the products and services that are most critical to IT’s functioning.
The mission is the core purpose of the organization and the values guide the methods and choices by which that mission is accomplished. It is the “what” and the “how”.
A mission statement should be: visionary; broad (enough to be sustainable over time); realistic; motivational; short and concise; and easily understood. It should be “memorable”.
For example:
Microsoft’s first Mission statement was: “Windows on every desktop.” It was later changed to “to enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential”.
"McDonald's: “to be the world's best quick service restaurant experience. Being the best means providing outstanding quality, service, cleanliness, and value, so that we make every customer in every restaurant smile."
Levi-Straus: "We will market the most appealing and widely worn casual clothing in the world. We will clothe the world."
Anheuser Busch: “Be the world's beer company. Through all of our products, services and relationships, we will add to life's enjoyment.”
Ford (Early 1900s): “Democratize the automobile”
Heinz: “… to be "The world's premier food company, offering nutritious, superior tasting foods to people everywhere.“
What are the key elements in Loras College’s Mission? To create a community of:
Active learners
Reflective thinkers
Ethical decision-makers and
Responsible contributors
For Loras, the Catholic Identity Statement is a public acknowledgement of the college’s core values. (Handout Statement). Let’s discuss the five values and make sure we understand what they imply for us.
Promote critical inquiry & academic conversations that includes varied voices
Reverence the spirituality if each person
Recognize the importance of personal and communal worship
Welcome the responsibility to serve
Advocate respect for diversity
IT has it’s own mission statement. What are it’s key elements?
Dedicated to:
Providing decisive, positive and informed direction & support
Creating and maintaining an intellectual, active & ethical computing environment
What does this mean to you?
Is it still a viable statement?
Is the core purpose of the organization clear?
Does the statement effectively guide your decision making about the kind of work that IT should do?
Is it visionary; broad (enough to be sustainable over time); realistic; motivational; short and concise; easily understood, or “memorable”?
Are there any suggestions for change?
Vision is to be an enabling force? How are we doing on bringing new capabilities to the learning environment? Do you feel that IT has been a leader? Has IT kept up with technology?
What is the technology in service of? What is the “enabling force” enabling?
We may not be able to answer these questions until we conduct our environmental scan. Let’s start there. First let’s discuss what an environmental scan is.
Vision is to be an enabling force? How are we doing on bringing new capabilities to the learning environment? Do you feel that IT has been a leader? Has IT kept up with technology?
What is the technology in service of? What is the “enabling force” enabling?
We may not be able to answer these questions until we conduct our environmental scan. Let’s start there. First let’s discuss what an environmental scan is.
An environmental scan is a future trend analysis, usually considering trends in the following areas:
Demographics (especially for Target Populations)
Technology
Economic
Business Trends (Marketplace)
Legal & Regulatory Changes
Trends in Higher Education
Socio-Cultural Trends
Geopolitical Trends
Ecological Trends
The planning group then considers the potential impact of these trends on the populations that the organization serves. They are trying to answer the question, “Given our mission & values, what is the “best guess” picture of the future environment for our organization in the next 2, 5 or 10 years.” These ideas about impacts and issues will help in the development of strategies designed to sustain the organization through environmental changes.
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A vision needs to be so exciting that everyone in the organization can see the future and is anxious to get there. It needs to be tangible (palpable), so that it is as memorable and specific as possible (videos, graphics, etc.). It should be a room that is well furnitured and decorated.
Create images of possibility
Give voice to a preferred future
Affirm the best of what could be
Describe aspirations rather than “musts”
Many neglect this step and vision statements sound like mission statements. An aspirational and engaging vision is the force that drives alignment. People will come together and sacrifice in order to be part of a monumental achievement. They want to be able to say that they were part of the team that made _____ happen.” They seek “worthy work”.
What did you do to achieve this acclaim?
What are the headlines?
What questions are the interviewers asking?
What are the awards for?
The goal of assessing the capacity of the organization to achieve it’s mission is to determine whether new strategies are needed, resources need to be reallocated, or strategies eliminated. Once the vision is established, planners should generate strategies designed to implement the vision—to get from “here” to “there”. They should be able to assess those strategies on two variables: It’s strategic importance relative to the overall plan and the organization’s ability or “capacity” to implement and sustain the strategy.
Once you’ve listed each strategy, the planning team makes a cumulative judgment about the initiative’s relative strategic importance or growth potential and the organization’s capacity to be successful in achieving that strategy based on existing financial, human and intellectual capital.
Given the scoring, a determination can be made about what to do with a particular strategy.
Add strategies to build capacity, where needed or to evaluate the “Question Marks”. Once you have a solid “draft” plan, it and the information used to develop the plan should be disseminated to the stakeholder groups for feedback and new input. Stakeholders must have an opportunity to buy into the vision and strategy. It’s also important for leadership to
Communicate results of process and gather feedback and gain enthusiastic adherents. Feedback gathering and requests for input must be genuine and taken seriously. Then the plan should be revised to incorporate these new ideas. It should then be redistributed to communicate the fact that the input was considered and incorporated as appropriate.
Review & revise priorities based on assessment