Discussion Questions

Please provide 200-215 words to each set of questions with a reference to each. Please make sure the references are less than 10 years old.

1. Why is an environmental scan important in the development of a strategic plan?
2. How do legal, regulatory, and economic issues affect the development of a strategic plan?
3. What do you think is the most important budget consideration in strategic planning? Why?
4. When does the issue of quality enter the financial planning process?
5. What programs or services would you implement even if they did not show a profit? Why?
6. What is the best way to communicate with employees to gain their support when implementing a strategy?
7. How may Six Sigma be used to value and support the implementation process?
8. What is the hardest challenge or barrier to overcome when implementing a change in strategy? Why?
9. What is the most important element in a strategic plan? Why?
10. Why is evaluation and control vital to an organization’s sustainability?