The Argenti System of Strategic Planning
What we think you should know about The Argenti System of Strategic Planning:-
Strategic Planning: What is it?
Strategic planning is a broad overall review by the people at the top to see where their organisation stands now and what major steps it must take in order to prosper over the coming years.
Strategic planning should not be confused with business planning, operational planning, forecasting or budgeting. The twin hallmarks of strategic planning are the great size of the decisions and their duration over many years.
Strategic planning is therefore not some hi-tech exercise to be conducted by specialists; on the contrary it must be undertaken at the highest levels of management. The selection of the members of a Planning Team is critical – and, in practice, frequently flawed. The first step for this Team is often to declare a Mission or Vision Statement – in our view a step in entirely the wrong direction. Many other defects result in most plans never getting off the ground. A feature noted by many users, however, is how enthusiastically the strategies are applied when they are devised by Planning Teams using The Argenti System.
The process fosters a real sense of ownership and has a positive effect on morale...