Strategic Planning in the Small Business

UNrr

5

Title:

DETERMINE

STRATEGIES

AND ACTION

PLANS

Purpose:

This unit is

designed to help

participants

prepare specific

strategies and

action

plans

for achieving

eich objective

prepared in Unit

4.

Objectives:

Upon completion

of this

unit, participants

will...

" understand

how to prepare

strategy statements.

* be able to

apply criteria

for evaluating

strategies.

" be able

to prepare

action plans for

each strategy.

Materials:

Transparency

1-14i Reuse

Strategic Planning

Process -

Step 9

Transparency

1-14j Reuse

Strategic

Planning Process

• Step 10

Transparency

1-14k

Reuse Strategic

Planning Process

• Step
  11

Transparency

3-4 Reuse

Strategic 1%iAnagement

Model

Transparency

5-1

Definition

ot Strategy

Transparency

5-2

Definition

of an

Action Plan

Transparency

5-3

Example Strategy

Transparency

5-4

Example Action

Plan

Transparency

5-5

Action

Plan Form

Handouts:

Handout

5-1

Action Plan Form

Handout 5-2

Worksheet

#5 - Preparing

Strategies

and Action

Plans

Class Exercise:

Handout

Action

Plan form and

ask participants

to complete

this form for

one strategy.

Assignment:

Complete

Worksheet

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