{"product_id":"creating-your-strategic-plan-isbn-9780470405352","title":"Creating Your Strategic Plan","description":"\u003ci\u003eCreating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan\u003c\/i\u003e is the companion workbook to Bryson's landmark book, \u003ci\u003eStrategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  Preface to the Third Edition.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1 AN OVERVIEW.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Context and Process of Strategic Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadiness Assessment Worksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Interviewing People About the Proposed Strategic Planning Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges (or Threats).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Barriers to Strategic Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Expected Costs of Strategic Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Expected Benefi ts of Strategic Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Thinking Strategically About Strategic Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Should We Proceed with the Strategic Planning Process?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 2 CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC PLANNING: TEN KEY STEPS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 1\u003c\/b\u003e Initiate and Agree on a Strategic Planning Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Plan the Planning Effort.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Strategic Planning Team Membership, Roles and Responsibilities, Reporting Relationships, Tasks, and Competencies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Meeting Agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Meeting Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Meeting Evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Designing Learning Forums.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Strategic Planning Process Communications Plan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Creating an Elevator Speech.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 2\u003c\/b\u003e Clarify Organizational Mandates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Initial Compilation of Mandates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Background for Group Discussion of Mandates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 3\u003c\/b\u003e Identify and Understand Stakeholders, Develop and Refine Mission and Values, and Consider Developing a Vision Sketch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Stakeholder Identifi cation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 External Stakeholder Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Internal Stakeholder Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Power Versus Interest Grid.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Key External Stakeholder Engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Key Internal Stakeholder Engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Mission Statement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Values Statement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Vision Sketch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 4\u003c\/b\u003e Assess the Environment to Identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Internal Strengths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Internal Weaknesses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 External Opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 External Challenges (or Threats).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Competencies, Distinctive Competencies, and Distinctive Assets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 5\u003c\/b\u003e Identify and Frame Strategic Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Individual Strategic Issue Identifi cation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Operational Versus Strategic Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Master List of Key Strategic Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Master Strategic Issue Statement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 6\u003c\/b\u003e Formulate Strategies to Manage the Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Some Key Questions for Identifying Strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Strategy Statement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Criteria for Evaluating Suggested Strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Checklist for Contents of the Strategic Plan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 7\u003c\/b\u003e Review and Adopt the Strategic Plan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Plan Review and Adoption Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Plan Evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 8\u003c\/b\u003e Establish an Effective Organizational Vision for the Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Vision of Success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 9\u003c\/b\u003e Develop an Effective Implementation Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Evaluating Priorities for Existing Strategies, Programs, Products, Services, and Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Evaluating Priorities for Proposed New Strategies, Programs, Products, Services, and Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Prioritizing Strategies, Programs, Products, Services, and Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Creating Implementation Recommendation and Action Teams (I-Teams).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Action Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Microsoft Project Schedule Template.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Strategy\/Action Status Report Form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 10\u003c\/b\u003e Reassess Strategies and the Strategic Planning Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Improving Existing Strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Improving the Strategic Planning Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRESOURCES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Model Readiness Assessment Questionnaire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB Brainstorming Guidelines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC Snow Card Guidelines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD Strategic Planning Workshop Equipment Checklist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE Conference Room Setup Checklist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF Model External Stakeholder (or Customer) Questionnaire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG Model Internal Evaluation Questionnaire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH Analyzing and Reporting Results of Internal and External Surveys.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AUTHORS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN M. BRYSON\u003c\/b\u003e is the McKnight Presidential Professor of Planning and Public Affairs in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and in 2011 received the Dwight Waldo Award from the American Society for Public Administration for “outstanding contributions to the professional literature of public administration over an extended scholarly career.” He consults widely on strategic management with public, nonprofit, and business organizations in the United States and abroad.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFARNUM K. ALSTON\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of The Crescent Company and has worked on hundreds of strategic planning projects for public, business, and nonprofit organizations.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreating Your Strategic Plan\u003c\/i\u003e is the best-selling companion workbook to Bryson’s landmark book, \u003ci\u003eStrategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether used with the main text or by itself, this thoroughly revised third edition provides a step-by-step guide to putting strategic planning to work in public and nonprofit organizations. The workbook contains new and revised worksheets and additional material on readiness assessment, teamwork, stakeholder analysis, visioning, strategic issue identification, and implementation. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreating Your Strategic Plan\u003c\/i\u003e covers each of the ten key steps of the strategic planning process and each step description includes sections on purpose and possible desired planning outcomes. The authors provide clear instructions for creating a strategic plan tailored to the needs of the individual organization.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The workbook features practical advice to help readers:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRefine mission and values \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssess the internal and external environment \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentify and frame strategic issues \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFormulate strategies to manage the issues \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate, review, and adopt the strategic plan \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssess the process \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e From setting up the meeting room, to establishing a vision of—and plan for—the future, this indispensable workbook will take readers through every step of the strategic planning process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989002436837,"sku":"NP9780470405352","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470405352.jpg?v=1761782387","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/creating-your-strategic-plan-isbn-9780470405352","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}