Strategic Planning

Your strategic planning should account for the dynamic nature of your environment. MGT’s approach combines optimal practices in strategic planning design with an exceptionally qualified team of professionals to assess strengths and weaknesses, identify opportunities and threats, determine your organization's direction, and establish specific goals, strategies, and tactics.

A sound strategic planning process includes:

  • Assessing strengths and weaknesses;
  • Identifying opportunities and threats;
  • Determining the organization's direction; and
  • Establishing specific goals, strategies, and tactics.

MGT’s approach combines optimal practices in strategic planning design with an exceptionally qualified team of professionals. Through considerable research and experience, MGT has constructed a multi-faceted, human resources centered approach to strategic planning that utilizes the following key practices:

  • Acquire a broad and detailed understanding of the organization’s internal and external environment (environmental assessment).
  • Gain a thorough understanding of all major stakeholder issues by utilizing a bottom-up approach that maximizes involvement of the affected parties.
  • Form a steering committee of major stakeholders to assist with the plan’s development and to ensure that strong support evolves along with the plan (management support).
  • Gather information on the vision, mission, scope, objectives, goals, strengths, and weaknesses of the organization from all levels with a variety of data collection tools.
  • Analyze the data received and compare the internal and external circumstances, performance measures, and best practices.
  • Isolate core issue areas and discuss with organizational representatives.
  • Conduct cost-benefit analysis to derive recommendations and implementation plans.
  • Ensure that every finding and conclusion is linked to a specific recommendation and each recommendation has performance benchmarks and measures for assessing progress and success.
  • Develop a solid method of evaluating success and managing change.
  • Create a system to update the plan as the environment changes.