Planning and Strategic Management The planning and strategic management processes are critical to an organization’s survival and success. Managers must have the tools and resources necessary to “steer” the organization through future unknown conditions and often through “uncharted waters”. Having a well thought-out plan with a subsequent strategy provides the manager with some direction in these uncertain conditions. This exercise will challenge your knowledge of the strategic planning process Drag each of the steps in the planning and strategic management process into the correct order on the chart below implement the strategy -Maintain Strategy Control -Establish the mission and Vision -Formulate the grand strategy & Strategic, tactical & operation plans. -Access the Current Reality.