Initiating the Strategic Planning Process
Strategic planning is essential for organizations because, ultimately, it helps them to be of value to the stakeholders and communities that they serve. While this provides a broad explanation of the importance of strategic planning, it does not explain why it is specifically relevant for your particular organization. When initiating the strategic planning process, you want to be able to obtain stakeholder buy-in, and to do this, you have to be able to explain its relevance. For this Discussion, you examine the relevance of strategic planning to the organization that you selected for your Final Project.
Post a brief description of the non-profit or public organization that you have selected for your Final Project. Explain why strategic planning is relevant to this organization. Then, identify critical components of the organization's strategic planning process and explain why they are critical in terms of missions and goals.
Discussion Rubric
The purpose of the rubric is to provide guidance on writing and scoring initial postings and responses for Discussions.
There are four traits on which all posts and responses are evaluated: Responsiveness to Discussion Question, Content Knowledge, Quality of Writing, and Contribution to the Discussion. The initial posting and the response will be assessed separately using this rubric as a guide. At a minimum, the Instructor will provide feedback on traits receiving lower than the maximum score. Students will want to consult the rubric before submitting a post or response to assure meeting the post/response criteria for proficient (B) or exemplary (A) work. There are a maximum of 40 points for each Discussion.
A (Exemplary) = 40-36 points
B (Proficient) = 35-32 points
C (Progressing) = 31-28 points
D* (Emerging) = 27-24 points
F (Failing) = 23 or fewer points