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Strategic Plan
A strategic plan is about thinking, organizing, and predicting, based on thoroughly grounded research and documentation. From your previous coursework of developing an outline, conducting a SWOT/PEST analysis, and developing a budget, you have the basis for compiling a full and complete strategic plan for your chosen organization.
Your strategic plan must consider the appropriate elements, depending on whether your plan is for a program or agency in a government, for-profit organization, nonprofit organization, or hybrid organization. Accordingly, your strategic plan will recognize the priorities, goals, and objectives of the appropriate organization. Remember that a normal timeframe for a strategic plan is five years, and for a short-range plan up to five years.
Instructions
For this assignment, create a strategic plan for your chosen organization. Your plan will have nearly all of the following components (headings), depending on whether you are preparing a public sector, private sector, civil society sector, or mixed (hybrid) plan. Include the following:
• Format Structure:
o Executive Summary.
o Board Authorization of Strategic Plan (in the case of a corporation).
o Organizational Description.
o Mission, Vision, and Values.
o Goals and Strategies.
• Appendices:
o A. Action Planning (including objectives, responsibilities, and timelines).
o B. Description of Strategic Planning Process Used.
o C. Strategic Analysis Data (external analysis, internal analysis, and list of issues).
o D. Goals for Board Committees and Chief Executive Officer.
o E. Staffing Plans.
o F. Operating Budgets.
o G. Financial Reports (budgets, statements, etcetera).
o H. Monitoring and Evaluation of Plan (criteria, responsibilities, and findings).
o I. Communicating the Plan.
Your narrative for this assignment should include the following:
• Develop a realistic budget for your chosen organization.
o Explain what makes it realistic.
• Apply strategic planning theory to your organizational strategic plan.
o Explain which theories are most relevant to your plan, and why they are important.
• Assess the mission and vision relationship to expected outcomes for your chosen organization.
• Length: The executive summary should be 750 words, with a minimum of 150 words per section of the plan, plus a reference section with citations.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.