Strategic Planning — Related Library Topics

This topic includes information for for-profits and nonprofits.
Information specific to one type of organization is marked as
such.

Regarding Phases of Traditional Strategic Planning Process

Preparation
for Strategic Planning
– – – Guidelines
to Keep Perspective During Planning
– – – Useful
Skills to Have When Planning
– – – Need
Consultant or Facilitator to Help You With Planning?
– – – Who
Should Be Involved in Planning?
– – – How
Many Planning Meetings Will We Need?
Always
First Do “Plan for a Plan”
Strategic
Analyses
– – – Taking
Wide Look Around the Outside of Organization (Opportunities and
Threats)
– – – Looking
Around Inside the Organization (Strengths and Weaknesses)
Setting
Strategic Direction
– – – Strategizing
(identifying goals and methods to achieve them)
– – – Developing/Updating
Mission Statement (the purpose of the organization)
– – – Developing/Updating
Vision Statement (depiction of future state of organization and
customers)
– – – Developing/Updating
Values Statement (overall priorities in how organization operates)
Action
Planning (who will do what and by when)
Writing
and Communicating the Plan
Implementing,
Monitoring, Evaluating and Deviating from the Plan — and Managing
Change

Broader Related Topics

Appreciative
Inquiry
Business
Development
Basic Research
Methods
Business Planning
Capacity
Building (nonprofits)
Chaos Theory
Controlling
/ Coordinating the Implementation of Plans
Creativity and Innovation
Decision
Making
How to Improve Your Organization
How to Lead and Manage in Your
Organization
How to Work With Groups
Finances and
Accounting (For-Profit)
Finances and
Accounting (Nonprofit)
General Planning Process
Guidelines,
Methods and Resources for Organizational Change Agents
Guidelines for Successful
Planning
Management
by Objectives
Marketing
Evaluating
Organizations
Organizational Structures and Design
Organizational
Evaluation
Organizational
Performance Management
Organizing Resources
to Implement Plans
Organizational
Sustainability
Performance
Management (generic)
Planning (includes numerous
types of planning)
Problem
Solving
Product Development
Program Management
Project Planning
Sustainable
Development
Systems Thinking

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Library’s Building a Business Blog
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Leadership Blog
Library’s
Project Management Blog
Library’s
Strategic Planning Blog
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