Day 2

Critical Thinking Questions (Day Two)

1. What is strategic thinking? How does one’s personal decision-making, personal beliefs, and behavioral biases impact the planning process? Define these elements and give examples.

2. Because today’s problems are tomorrow’s challenges, how can strategy create forward thinking leadership in the planning process?

3. What is public value and how does the public planner create it. What are some activates that can help create public value? Give at least three examples.

4. What is Strategic Planning? Explain and give an examples

5. What is a stakeholder analyses and why is it important to the public planner?

6. What is the 10-Step Strategic Planning Process? Explain each step and how it applies to public organizations.

Key Terms: Please define and give one example

1. PEST analysis

2. Porter's Five Forces Analysis

3. SWOT Analysis