The strategic planning process is key component in moving your organization forward in an efficient manner utilizing best practices methods. Strategic planning can make your organization more efficient, increase profit, increase worker productivity, or align all of your departments to be in-line with your overall strategic goals. A well-executed strategic plan can be the pinnacle which turns the entire culture of your organization around. Organization choosing not to participate in the strategic planning process faces the prospect of failure because they have no direction to lead the organization. Because the strategic planning process is so important you need to have a system to ensure your process is working, your goals are being met and
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One of the first things you need to set in the evaluation process to determine if you are meeting the objectives you are evaluating is a benchmark. A benchmark is based on the special requirements need to preform or complete the task in the plan. An example of this might be your plan depends on the assembly workers to increase building production on the line to increase output. You have to understand each step in the manufacturing process of the assembly line to be able to determine if, the employees are preforming correctly. You need to understand these processes to determine the quantitative and qualitative criteria or data being evaluated. You have to look at cost of production, the turnover rate of the employees, net profit, for the quantitative data. You will need to look at the skill sets, competencies, risk taking, and flexibility for the qualitative data. Simply said if one of your benchmarks is this plan will increase the output of the product and increase revenue. You will need to make sure the output is in fact increased, the manufacturing process cost is not cutting into the profit margin, the skill of the employees are allowing them to meet the objective and they are competent in doing this process. You also will need to make sure the employees have received proper communication about the new plan and are buying into the plan. If …show more content…
You need to look at how you are going to collect this data such as using technical assistance, logs, questionnaires, job descriptions, performance matrix’s and other data showing the progress of those involved in the plan. You need to look at the communication process of the plan to ensure all stakeholders especially the employees are fully versed in the plan, the objectives/goals, and the desired outcomes of the plan. You have to make sure the employees understand the process because lack of proper communication to them can cause of failures in the plan. If you are working on a strategic plan for removing snow during a major snow event you, have to ensure you have buy in from all levels. Those in-charge can easily set up how the snow will be removed however if, they fail to talk to the plow truck driver. The plan may not work because they had no input on the process and have insight into the actual snow removal the managers may not have. You may think you only need a 5 ton dump truck to push 12 inches of snow but you may actually need a 10 ton wing plow for this task. When evaluating you have to include a method of talking to those on the line who are making the process
One of the first things you need to set in the evaluation process to determine if you are meeting the objectives you are evaluating is a benchmark. A benchmark is based on the special requirements need to preform or complete the task in the plan. An example of this might be your plan depends on the assembly workers to increase building production on the line to increase output. You have to understand each step in the manufacturing process of the assembly line to be able to determine if, the employees are preforming correctly. You need to understand these processes to determine the quantitative and qualitative criteria or data being evaluated. You have to look at cost of production, the turnover rate of the employees, net profit, for the quantitative data. You will need to look at the skill sets, competencies, risk taking, and flexibility for the qualitative data. Simply said if one of your benchmarks is this plan will increase the output of the product and increase revenue. You will need to make sure the output is in fact increased, the manufacturing process cost is not cutting into the profit margin, the skill of the employees are allowing them to meet the objective and they are competent in doing this process. You also will need to make sure the employees have received proper communication about the new plan and are buying into the plan. If …show more content…
You need to look at how you are going to collect this data such as using technical assistance, logs, questionnaires, job descriptions, performance matrix’s and other data showing the progress of those involved in the plan. You need to look at the communication process of the plan to ensure all stakeholders especially the employees are fully versed in the plan, the objectives/goals, and the desired outcomes of the plan. You have to make sure the employees understand the process because lack of proper communication to them can cause of failures in the plan. If you are working on a strategic plan for removing snow during a major snow event you, have to ensure you have buy in from all levels. Those in-charge can easily set up how the snow will be removed however if, they fail to talk to the plow truck driver. The plan may not work because they had no input on the process and have insight into the actual snow removal the managers may not have. You may think you only need a 5 ton dump truck to push 12 inches of snow but you may actually need a 10 ton wing plow for this task. When evaluating you have to include a method of talking to those on the line who are making the process