Talk:Strategic planning

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Contents 1 Help Specify StratML 2 The definition is incorrect 3 ASP Puff Deleted 4 Refocus 5 Good work!?? 6 Strategic Planning vs Vision Statement 7 "A good example of this is Enron" 8 Merthodologies 9 Strategic planning - not constrained to business 10 Bias and cleanup

[edit] Help Specify StratML

See https://collab.core.gov/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=6232

Owen Ambur 14:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)Owen Ambur

[edit] The definition is incorrect

Strategic planning is setting an appropriate course and direction for an enterprise which focuses resources, usually on optimizing survival, growth and (where appropriate) profit. It is a mistake to think of strategy as simply a set of objectives. All true strategic planning revolves around answering these three questions:

(1) What do we do? (3) How do we do this better than anyone else? (or alternately, How do we beat the competition?)

Good strategic planning always involves setting and implementing objectives, but you can do a lot of objective setting and implementation without being strategic.

RobertBradford 15:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ASP Puff Deleted

I deleted what follows from "Where to learn more" since it seems to be low-value publicity:ghjgh

Founded in 1999, ASP is the only not-for-profit professional association dedicated to advancing thought and practice in strategy development and deployment for business, non-profit and government organizations. ASP provides opportunities to explore cutting-edge strategy principles and practices that enhance organizational success and advance members' and organizations' knowledge, capability, capacity for innovation, and professionalism.

Our diverse membership reflects a broad range of industries. Members include:

Organizational Leaders: business, government and non-profit leaders responsible for strategy design and execution, from CEO through those leading a division, department, or team that has a critical strategy component;

Strategy Practitioners/Consultants: internal and external practitioners/consultants who provide content and process expertise for setting and implementing strategic direction; and

Academics: professors, authors and students who create and transfer new knowledge to enhance the effectiveness of strategy and further the profession i hate your face --ARAJ 13:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Refocus

I have tried to refocus this article on generic strategic planning. To do this I have/will moved some material to more specific articles like strategic management, marketing strategies, and military strategy. mydogategodshat 17:31, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

As a undergrad business student, this article is decent. From an English perspective though, it is riddled with problems. I've got an exam in a few hours, but it wouuld be good if the English was brought up to the level of other articles in Wikipedia.

[edit] Good work!??

Excellent article. Very well-referenced, well-written, and a good hub for a lot of other important topics. Good work. Deco 21:00, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

I don't think the objectives page should redirect to this article. I was looking for an article on General Instructional Objectives and was suprised by the article I was redirected to. drichardson

well i really don't see any problem with the english used for the article, for me they are simple and easy to understand-the only down-side being the fact that there too many links, and these serve as a distraction of a sort for an info hungary professional like me. yomi martyns

I am sorry but I think this article needs a complete re-write. TRU 04:05, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Strategic Planning vs Vision Statement

This Strategic Planning wiki is well written and I find it very informatative. However, the Redirect from "Vision Statement" to this wiki is inappropriate for those interested in software development methodologies that feature the "Vision Statement" or "Vision Document" as a starting point in the software development process. Noteably, the Rational Unified Processemphasizes this document as a focal point during its Requirements work program. I propose that the "Vision Statement" Redirect to this page be eliminated and replaced with either a page that identifies the "Vision Statement" in different contexts, "Visions Statement (Software Development), "Vision Statement (Strategic Planning)", etc. or simply a wiki about a "Vision Statement" in the context of software development. In the coming weeks I will work on an appropriate wiki that defines a generalized "Vision Statement" for software development. I welcome a discussion on this issue. YORD-the-unknown 02:24, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "A good example of this is Enron"

To make the mission statement effective it needs to be aligned with the prevailing culture in that organization. Mission and Values go hand in hand. A lofty mission statement means nothing if it is not in congruence with the values practiced by the organization. A good example of this is Enron.

OK, great. But what makes Enron a good example? You can't always expect people to know what you mean. I mean, yes, we all know about the Enron scandal (although it wouldn't hurt to put a little more detail about that, either), but what exactly was Enron's incongruence between its mission statement and its values? - furrykef (Talk at me) 23:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Mission statements and vision statements

Sloppy use of terms:

"We will be one amongst the top three transporters of goods and people in North America by 2010"

Are you claiming that this a vision or a goal, or both? Or an objective?

It doesn't at all sound like a vision statement that would paint a vivid and clear picture, nor inspir e or be remembered. It sounds most like a goal.

It is common for goals and/or objectives to be defined using SMART criteria, not visions.

Very poor.

Providing some examples would help.

[edit] Merthodologies

I have an understanding of the word ending "ologies" to mean "The study of "the word/root" that precedes it. Thus methodologies would be the study of methods. I know that the degree Musicologist or musicology means the study of music. Then wpouldn't the methodologies of Strategic planning be the study of the methods of Situation, Target, Path, Draw, et al? Bob Hemus

[edit] Strategic planning - not constrained to business

I wanted to cross reference strategic planning in another article, where the planning entity refers to individual(s), not business. The current entry reflects 'process' relating specifically to a business entities.

Strategic planning (i.e. process) has as much value for an individual as a business.

I would propose either the following:

(1) Re-title this work to Business Strategic Planning, or

(2) Rework/generalize content to reflect the concept from any entity perspective (i.e. inclusive of business, individuals).

--Sagetele1 13:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bias and cleanup

Hi! I added the bias and cleanup tags today because to an outsider, a lot of the material reads like it is from a commercial product about how to do a strategic plan, more than a non-biased explanation. If people could read up on what wikipedia is not and on making articles not reflect a point of view, that would be wonderful! -- Whereizben - Chat with me - My Contributions 17:57, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Whereizben - it's going to be difficult to have any discussion of planning methods that doesn't have bias. Perhaps an outline of the main concepts from the reference works would be a more useful approach? RobertBradford 20:30, 4 April 2007 (UTC)RobertBradford

Robert, like I said I don't know much about it, but since it does have bias, that is not acceptable for wikipedia. I think you are saying that we could remove a significant portion of the article and replace it with a more general outlining of accepted information, correct? I am not sure if that is even far enough, since the purpose of the entry is not to tell how to do strategic planning, but rather simply explain what it is. I do realize that this would significantly shorten the article, but it should only be encyclopedic information in the article, not a random collection of thoughts on strategic planning. Either way, please just let me know what you, and others think. And please just use a : to indent your replies to make them easier to read. Thanks! -- Whereizben - Chat with me - My Contributions 12:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps the strategic planning entry should contain a simpler definition, and note that there are multiple "strategic planning process" options, enumerating any that can be named. There are certainly people who come to Wikipedia hoping to find such information, but I gather you might prefer the "strategic planning" entry simply give a definition. One of the problems here is that everyone thinks they are experts on strategic planning, and that their favored model is the best. To my knowledge, there are only a handful of models in use at more than a handful of companies, and all of those are published in popular books on the subject. Would it be acceptable to have separate articles on each of these models, when each model tends to be closely related to a commercial enterprise (such as BCG, Kaplan or SSP)? RobertBradford 13:22, 9 April 2007 (UTC)