Read:
Maijanen, P. (2020). Teaching Strategic Management. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.elgaronline.com/downloadpdf/edcoll/9781788978354/9781788978354.00009.pdf
Meyer-Cuno, Doug. (2021, February 21). Is a vision statement important? Forbes. forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2021/02/24/is-a-vision-statement-important/?sh=6933640a3be7
Sedmak, J. (2021, March 11). What is Stakeholder Engagement, and Why is it Important for Strategic Planning? https://www.smestrategy.net/blog/stakeholder-engagement-management-for-strategic-planning
Schneider, T., & Sachs, S. (2017). The Impact of Stakeholder Identities on Value Creation in Issue-Based Stakeholder Networks. Journal of Business Ethics, 144(1), 41–57. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45022229
Watch:
Cascade Strategy. (2019, March 19). How to Write a Good Vision Statement. [Video] Youtube. https://youtu.be/fNErBaQfpE4
Girdler, A. (2019, November 6). The difference between mission and vision statement [plus examples] [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/DzhJNiQ3vMM
For ESSAY:
Pick an organization you are familiar with.
Identify which stakeholders ought to be involved in the strategic planning process.
What makes these stakeholders particularly important?
What unique insights do they offer?
Describe which functional areas are important to the process.
Which functional areas are relatively less important?
Identify the most important and influential decision-makers in the strategic planning process.
Evaluate the relative importance and their effect on the planning process.
