Strategic Planning in the Small Business

Unit 5
Notes
for Instructors

Class Exercise

Action Plan Exercise

Step 1:

At the conclusion of Unit 4

indicate each participant will be

asked to pre­

pare an action plan form for

their most important strategy during

Unit 5.

Encourage

them to work on their objectives

and strategies prior to class.

Step 2: Do the lecture

on strategies and action plans

prior to conducting the exer­

cise. Stress the fact that

they should prioritize their

objectives and

develop strategies for

the most important objectives first.

Step 3: Tell the class

they have 15 minutes to prepare

a complete action plan for

their

most important strategy.

Step 4:

The instructor should be available

to answer questions that come

up during

this

period.

Step 5:

Ask several students to present

their action plan to the class.

Step 6: The

instructor should collect the two

or three best action plans and

make

copies for other

class members.

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