Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan is the companion workbook to Bryson's landmark book, Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, a step-by-step guide to putting strategic planning into effect. Using revised, easy-to-understand worksheets, the authors provide clear instructions for creating a strategic plan tailored to the needs of the individual organization. With more material on stakeholder analysis, visioning, strategic issue identification, and implementation, this new edition is the best resource for taking leaders, managers, and students through every step of the strategic planning process.
The workbook features practical advice to help readers:
- Refine mission and values
- Assess the internal and external environment
- Identify and frame strategic issues
- Formulate strategies to manage the issues
- Create, review, and adopt the strategic plan
- Assess the process
Creating Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations| Farnum K. Alston (Author), John M. Bryson (Author)| Jossey-Bass
Table of Contents
Part 1: An Overview
Introduction
The Context and Process of Strategic Change
Part 2: Creating and Implementing Strategic Planning: Ten Key Steps
Step 1: Initiate and Agree on a Strategic Planning Process
Step 2: Clarify Organizational Mandates
Step 3: Identify and Understand Stakeholders, Develop and Refine Mission and Values, and Consider Developing a Vision Sketch
Step 4: Assess the Environment to Identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges
Step 5: Identify and Frame Strategic Issues
Step 6: Formulate Strategies to Manage the Issues
Step 7: Review and Adopt the Strategic Plan
Step 8: Establish an Effective Organizational Vision for the Future
Step 9: Develop an Effective Implementation Process
Step 10: Reassess Strategies and the Strategic Planning Process
Resources
Resource A: Model Readiness Assessment Questionnaire
Resource B: Brainstorming Guidelines
Resource C: Snow Card Guidelines
Resource D: Strategic Planning Workshop Equipment Checklist
Resource E: Conference Room Setup Checklist
Resource F: Model External Stakeholder (or Customer) Questionnaire
Resource G: Model Internal Evaluation Questionnaire
Resource H: Analyzing and Reporting Results of Internal and External Surveys
Glossary
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