human resources questions

2 questions needed answers no special fomat ..at least 250  words

Question 1: Strategic Planning Process

In your own words, define strategic planning and explain why it is crucial to an organization’s survival. In your response, include a description of how strategic planning differs from strategic management. Lastly, explain how your current or previous organization’s strategy might influence its business model. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.

question 2: Problems with Strategic Planning

After reading the article “UPS holiday season fiasco: a failure of strategic planning,” ( http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml)       describe where the problem was with UPS’ and FedEx’s strategic planning. How did the fear of losing market share affect their strategic planning? What are potential solutions? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.