Assignment: Leadership and Strategic Planning

In this assignment, you consider how leaders canengage in a strategic planning process with stakeholders to develop aplan to guide the organization’s evolution and development for thelong-term. Since strategic planning should engage persons who will beaffected by an organization’s decisions (e.g., staff, administration,board members, members of the community), it is important to include keystakeholders in the planning process so that it reflects theirperspectives and interests.

For thisAssignment, think about how you would begin the strategic planningprocess for a human services organization. Consider the human servicesorganizations for which you have worked either in your fieldwork or asan employee. Based on what you know about a particular organization,what steps might you take to establish a plan for the organization’slong-term development?

Assignment (2–4 pages in APA format): Describe the first three stepsyou would take to begin the strategic planning process for a humanservices organization. Be sure to include the key stakeholders—whoshould be involved in each step and why they need to be included in theprocess. In addition, include steps you would take to establishstakeholder support and confidence.