Strategic Planning Plus

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Roger Kaufman - Florida State University-Emeritus, Roger Kaufman & Associates, Florida State University, USA

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Strategic Management

September 1992 | 344 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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Using fresh ideas with proven methods, Strategic Planning Plus promotes an ethical, holistic approach to the subject of strategic planning. Building on Peter Drucker's dictum that selecting the right job is more important than doing the job right, this book provides a practical guide to defining what should be accomplished, and defining solutions and interventions.

Kaufman presents: guidance on how to identify the direction an organization must take; a six-step process for identifying and solving organizational problems; ideas for determining how to achieve desired results; and methods for evaluating progress and revising strategic plans. In addition the book provides a variety of aids including flowcharts, checklists, guidelines, procedures and case studies.

PART ONE: THE BASICS OF PRACTICAL PLANNING: DOING WHAT'S RIGHT

Introduction to Practical Planning

Identifying and Resolving Problems

A Six-Step Process

PART TWO: PLANNING: WHERE ARE YOU HEADED NOW? WHERE SHOULD YOU BE GOING? SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE PLANNING SCALE

Selecting the Planning Scale

What Should Be Planned?

Types of Strategic Planning

PART THREE: THE ORIGINS OF MEGAPLANNING: THE BIG PICTURE

The Rationale for Needs Assessment

Identifying Problems Based on Needs

Useful Tools and Approaches for Needs Assessment

Developing Detailed Performance Indicators

PART FOUR: THE STEPS AND TOOLS OF MACROPLANNING

Mission Analysis

Developing the Overall Management Plan

PART FIVE: THE BRIDGE BETWEEN MACROPLANNING AND MICROPLANNING

Planning in Detail

Identifying Functions

Task Analysis (A System Analysis Option)

Methods-Mean Analysis

PART SIX: SELECTING THE PROPER METHODS AND TOOLS FOR DOING

Tools and Techniques for Obtaining Required Results

PART SEVEN: FROM PLANS TO RESULTS: IMPLEMENTATION

Doing What You've Planned

Implementation

PART EIGHT: EVALUATION AND CHANGE

Evaluation and Revision

What Was Accomplished? What Should Be Changed? What Should Be Kept?

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