{"id":26,"date":"2015-02-12T13:40:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garymeisner.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2015-02-26T01:58:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T07:58:08","slug":"strategic-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garymeisner.com\/cfo\/strategic-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Problem &#8211; Top level strategic plans not tied to departmental objectives<\/h2>\n<p>Strategic plans were prepared by top management but were not well linked to departmental objectives<\/p>\n<h2>The Solution &#8211; Strategic departmental planning<\/h2>\n<p>We carried the strategic planning process down to individual departments, using the following elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Departmental mission statement supporting the company mission statement.<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of current internal and external trends impacting the department.<\/li>\n<li>Departmental strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT) analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Development of strategies in response to mission statement, trends and SWOT analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Development of specific action plans in response to the required strategies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gmn.sga.mybluehost.me\/site-garymeisner\/cfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/planning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71\" src=\"https:\/\/gmn.sga.mybluehost.me\/site-garymeisner\/cfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/planning.jpg\" alt=\"planning\" width=\"190\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Problem &#8211; Top level strategic plans not tied to departmental objectives Strategic plans were prepared by top management but were not well linked to departmental objectives The Solution &#8211; Strategic departmental planning We carried the strategic planning process down to individual departments, using the following elements: Departmental mission statement supporting the company mission statement. 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