This document outlines the key steps and components of strategic planning. It discusses that strategic planning is a deliberate and disciplined process that guides an organization. The strategic planning process involves defining goals and implementing actions to achieve them. It also establishes a clear vision. The document then details several specific steps in strategic planning, including conducting a stakeholder analysis, SWOC analysis, developing a strategy and action plan, and reassessing progress.

1. Jacob Birtwhistle
MPA 640
Professor Kittredge

2.  Strategic Planning Definition
 Deliberative, disciplined
 Guides an organization
 Impact on organization’s, public policy, individuals (Browne, Lanine, &
Deo, 2015).
 Primary Focus
 Defined goals
 Implementation (Rackowski, 2016)
 Ten Step Process
 Strategy change cycle
 Help organization’s achieve their goals
 Establish a clear vision for the organization (Barnat, 2014)

3.  Initial Agreement
 Understanding
 Decision makers
 Authorization to move forward (Bryson & Alston, 2011)
 Four Key Roles
 Sponsor
 Champion
 Planning committee
 Planning team (Bryson, 2011)
 Mandates
 External formal and informal mandates
 Review and analyze relevant information (Bryson, 2011)

4.  Mission and Mandates
 Justification for existence (Bryson, 2011)
 Stakeholder Analysis
 Internal and external stakeholders
 Completed before the mission statement (Bryson, 2011)
 SWOC Analysis
 External and internal analysis
 Political, legal, economic, technological, environmental,
social (AGGME, 2017)
 Governing body(Bryson, 2011)

5.  Strategic Issue
 Fundamental policy question or challenge
 Affects an organization’s mission, mandates, etc., (Bryson, 2011)
 Strategic Issues Create Conflict
 Planning team
 Eight Approaches
 Strategy Development
 Pattern of purposes, policies, programs, actions, decisions
 Action-oriented
 Five-part (Bryson, 2011)

6.  Plan Approval
 Strategic planning coordinating committee
 Decision makers (Boyden & Waldman, 2012)
 Completing Step Seven
 Reviewing and adopting
 Reach key stakeholders
 Appoint a lead person (Bryson & Alston, 2011)
 Vision for Success
 What the organization should look like
 Collect and review vision-related material (Bryson & Alston, 2011)
 Review and Discuss Documentation

7.  Designing an Implementation Plan
 Implementation leadership
 Sponsor
 Champion
 Coordinating committee
 Action team (Bryson & Alston, 2011)
 Action Plan
 Results, milestones, objectives, requirements
 Specific steps
 Communication process
 Accountability procedures (Bryson, 2011)
 Reassess and Review

8.  Email: Jacob.birtwhistle@yahoo.com
 Phone: 916-555-5555
 Please see the link below to access the script for
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9.  References
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