Friday 3 October 2014

Strategic Planning Tools

The elements of a good strategic plan are the same for almost any business. How owners and managers arrive at those elements can differ. 

Here are some links that will help you decide how to go about creating a strategic plan that works for you and your company:

SmallBusinessChron.comcovers SWOT Analyses, Mind Mapping, and more in their article "Four Tools Used in Strategic Planning for Marketing and Sales." 

There are many ways to analyze in addition to completing a SWOT Analysis.This article fromReferenceforBusiness.comgoes into detail about some of the other types. If matrices and charting are helpful for your thinking, be sure to check these out! 

The Research Administration Performance Improvement and Development (RAPID) Department at the University of Washington has compileda list of tools and templates to help in strategic planning. It's an excellent list, with some helpful graphics. 

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