Introduction
A. Plan Purpose
Strategic planning is a systematic way to manage change which emphasizes consensus building while considering the environment, available resources, and possible futures. Based upon this information, action plans on critical issues are implemented, monitored, and adjusted as the situation changes.
Strategic Planning
The Management Team, composed of supervisors and department heads, drafted revisions to long and short-term objectives in December 2002. Town Boards, Commissions and Committees provided input and the Council discussed the plan during its goals workshop in January 2003.
- To meet the Town's needs over the next 5 years (2000 - 2005)
- To form the basis for evaluating success
- To facilitate decision making
- To improve communication
Strategic planning is a systematic way to manage change which emphasizes consensus building while considering the environment, available resources, and possible futures. Based upon this information, action plans on critical issues are implemented, monitored, and adjusted as the situation changes.
Strategic Planning
- Concentrates on implementation;
- Focuses on selected issues;
- Explicitly considers resources available, both inside and outside the organization;
- Assesses strengths, weaknesses, and the competitive position of the community;
- Emphasizes results;
- Produces a coordinated effort;
- Sets realistic objectives and allocates resources to achieve them; and,
- Is sometimes quantitative, but also stresses the importance of judgment, intuition, and creativity.
- Replace other types of planning;
- Analyze the root causes of major problems; or
- Be a "one-time" effort; it is an evolving, ongoing plan of action.
The Management Team, composed of supervisors and department heads, drafted revisions to long and short-term objectives in December 2002. Town Boards, Commissions and Committees provided input and the Council discussed the plan during its goals workshop in January 2003.