Benefits of Strategic Planning

MPA 210 Strategic Planning Management

1. Benefits of Strategic
Planning
Professor: Jo B. Bitonio, DPA
MPA 210 Strategic Planning Management

2. The success of strategic
plan will depend on the skills,
motivation and the values of
individuals leading the
strategic management, the
processes used, the
government institutions that
provide the setting and the
reactions of the people being
affected by the strategic
management intervention

3. Limitation
•Resistance to change
•1980’s visionary leadership &
transformative leadership
•Both could be associated with
increased receptivity to strategic
change thru moral leadership and
empowerment (Bennin & Nanus,
1985; Bass & Avolio, 1994)

4. 1. Define Mission
Statement
2. Formulate Strategic
Goals
3. Stakeholder
Analysis
4. Situational Analysis
(S-W-O-T)
5. Identify
Strategic Issues
5. Identify possible
courses of action
6. Evaluate actions
(feasibility etc. and
Choose
8. Plan Implementation
budgeting & Performance
management
9. Plan Stakeholder
management
10. M & E
Decision flow Diagram for Simple Strategic Planning for the Public Sector
(Paul Joyce, 2015)

5. Strategic Decisions at the Most General Level
(Paul Joyce, 2015)
Defining and
Clarifying goals
Identifying
options &
Choosing
Looking ahead
& planning Long
term
Analyzing and
planning use of
resources
Analyzing
the
situation

6. Benefits of Strategic
Planning
1.Achieve goals and objectives
2.Specify milestones for organizational
achievement
3.Achieve better use of resources
4.Create a unified vision of organization’s
future for staff
5.Identify new opportunities and ideas
6.Achieve cost savings
7.Direct resources into areas of
opportunities
Source: Flynn and Talbot, 1996

7. Beneficial Outcomes of
Strategic Planning Process
1.Established management direction
2.Clarified agency priorities
3.Guide to policy decisions
4.Guide to budget decisions
5.Gaining support for budget priorities
6.Improved constituent relations
7.Increased legislative support
8.Increased executive support
9.Greater commitment to customer
satisfaction
10.Improved teamwork

8. Beneficial Outcomes of
Strategic Planning Process
11. Improved internal
communications
12. Enhanced corporate culture
13. Improved staff morale
14. Agency reorganization
15. Service delivery improvement
Source: Berry and Wechsler, 1995

9. Modernization: Strategic Policy Making
Strategic
Outcome-
focused
Joined-up
Inclusive
Flexible and
innovative
Robust
Looks ahead
Contributes to long term goals
Delivers desired changes in the real world
Works across organizational boundaries
Only if necessary
Fair
Takes account of interest of all
Tackles causes and not symptoms
Uses experimentation
Stands the test of time
Works in practice from the start
Source: Strategic Policy Making Team, 1999

10. Basic
model of a
policy
making
process
Understanding
the problem
Developing
Solutions
Putting
solutions
into effects
Testing
success &
making it
stick
Source: Strategic Policy Making Team, 1999