Assignemnt: Obstacles To Strategic Financial And Fiscal Planning For The Environmental Protection Agency
Every organization, including governments, must survive in an environment full of opportunities and threats. Governments must find ways around threats and take advantage of opportunities that arise. Complicating the existence of government organizations is the fact that they are open systems that are affected by both external and internal forces. External forces include economic or political opportunities and obstacles. Internal forces relate to human resource strengths or weaknesses, or other inherent conditions of the organization.
In this Discussion, you focus on internal and external factors that may affect the development of a successful strategic financial plan in the EPA.
The Assignment 1-2 pagesmust include:
1. A brief description of the EPA
2. Explain the internal and external factors that might impede the development of a successful financial strategic plan.
3. Provide examples of at least two internal factors and oneexternal factor
4. Explain how they could impact the organization.
5. Identify how these obstacles may be overcome.
Reference
1. City of Toronto's Long-Term Fiscal Plan by Brittain, Len.
2. The Role of the Finance Officer in Strategic Planning by Casey, Joseph P; Seay and Kathleen T.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.