Strategic Planning in the Small Business

Unit 5

Content

Process

As the first step

in the implementation

process it is important

to complete

an Action

Plan form for

the most important

strategies.

Review the Action

Plan form in

detail.

Emphasize the need

to cost out

each

strategy.

Put up

TP 5-5: Action

Plan Form and

Stress the need

to spell out specific

distribute

to participant

HO 5-1.

responsibilities.

Do action

plan exercise using

Action Plan

Form.

Put up TP 1-14j:

Strategic Planning

Process

• Step 10.

Put up

TP 1-14k: Strategic

Planning

Process

• Step 11.

Note for Instructors:

Action Plan Exercise.

Step 1:

At the conclusion

of Unit 4 indi­

cate each

participant will

be

asked to prepare

an action plan

form

for their most

important

strategy during

Unit 5. Encour­

age them to

work on their objec­

tives and

strategies prior to

class.

Step

2: Do the lecture

on strategies and

action

plans prior to

conducting

the exercise.

Stress the

fact that

they should

prioritize their

objec­

tives and

develop strategies

for

the

most important

objectives

first.

Step 3: Tell

the class they have

15 min­

ttes to prepare a

complete action

plan

for their most

important

strategy.

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