Strategic Planning in the Small Business

Unit 6

Notes

for Instructors

(Continued)

Class Exercise
2:

2. Ask each
   participant to
   give a 5-10 minute
   presentation
   on their plan.

Step

1: At

the conclusion

of Unit 5, the instructor

should

tell the participants

that

at the

conclusion of

Unit 6 they will

be asked to make

a brief presentation

(10

minute) of their

firm's strategic

plan. Tell them

to do the following:

" Briefly

review  the firm's

mission and

goal statement(s).

* Select

only one goal.

Within the goal,

ask them to

target no more

than

two objectives.

*

Present the strategies

for each

objective.

NOTE: It might

be a 

good

idea to video tape

these presentations

so the

student can

review

their presentation

style at a later

date.

Step 2:

Following the

presentation, ask

the class to

orally critique

the plan and

presentation.

Step

3: Encourage

the class

to offer suggestions

on how

the plan

might be

strengthened.

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