A Strategic Planning Process Manual

This manual has been developed as a result of many years of field experiences in the practice of Organization Development (OD) and strategic planning/ management. It is an attempt, therefore, to provide answers to a litany of questions from novice management and organization development practitioners, internal consultants and managers inclined to engaging in a strategic planning process. There is common agreement among these that they have read a lot about strategic planning but are yet to develop competence to engage organizations/ institutions through strategy development processes. The questions encountered include:-What are the key components of a strategic planning process?-How does one go about developing a strategic planning process?-How is the strategic planning workshop organized?-Who should participate in the strategic planning workshop?-How can the strategic planning process be owned by the client organization?-What posture should be maintained by the strategic planning workshop facilitator?-How is the Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis logically linked to the hierarchy of objectives?