Do a comparative analysis of strategic planning principles and practices. You will scrutinize the plan, looking at the components and assessing its effectiveness.
1. Explain how a strategic plan provides the context of organizational direction.
2. Submit an analysis of the strategic plan from the organization of your choice. Include the following:
Note to what extent the categories in Greenberg are part of the plan.
Note what the plan addresses that is not accounted for in Greenberg’s list.
Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the plan from the perspective of an OPD consultant.
Support your Application assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.
RESOURCES:
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Readings
Course Text: Business: A Changing World
Chapter 6, "The Nature of Management" (pp. 176-185)
Course Text: Behavior in Organizations
Chapter 16, "Managing Organizational Change: Strategic Planning and Organizational Development"
The following articles are available in Walden’s online library, in the Business Source Premier database. See Directions for Accessing Online Articles. This document contains directions for how to find the required article(s) in the Walden Library databases.
Bower, J. L., & Gilbert, C. G. (2007, February). How managers’ everyday decisions create or destroy your company’s strategy. Harvard Business Review, 85(2), 72-79.
Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (1996). Envisioning your future: Imagining ideal scenarios. Futurist, 30(3), 14-20.
Peyrefitte, J., & David, F. (2006). A content analysis of the mission statements of United States firms in four industries. International Journal of Management, 23(2), 296-301.
Porter, M. E. (1996, November-December). What is strategy? Harvard Business Review, 74(6), 61-78.
Secretan, L. (2006, December). Learning to dream. Associations Now, 2(13), 49-50.
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