Strategic Planning Worksheet

Strategic Planning Worksheet CJA/475

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Strategic Planning Worksheet

Research and select a criminal justice organization in your community (Government agency such as police department, prison, detention center, etc.) in relation to outlining a strategic planning process. Make sure you are able to access information about the organization for all the required parts of the assignment.

Complete the following table to detail the initial steps in the strategic planning process for the selected criminal justice organization and correlating public safety issues.

Include in-text citations as appropriate and remember to identify the reference information at the bottom of the worksheet.

Summary

Identify your selected criminal justice organization.

(Government agency such as police department, prison, detention center, etc.)

Identify the organization’s vision, mission, and goals.

Assess the public safety issues in your selected criminal justice organization as they correlate with the agency's mission, vision, and goals.

(What are the challenges the organization faces? High crime, drugs, gangs, police misconduct, manpower, etc.)

Identify at least three relevant stakeholders and their roles as related to the public safety issues identified

[Minimum 75 words using complete sentences]

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above.

(Stakeholders can be internal or external to the organization, and can include government, non-government, and private entities.)

Identify and discuss strategies for scanning and assessing to understand the public safety issues.

Identify what data and resources are needed to address the issues/challenges.

[Minimum 75 words using complete sentences]

Explain how you would prioritize the public safety issues and the correlation of the issues to the organization’s vision, mission, and goals.

[Minimum 75 words using complete sentences]

Reference(s)

Example:

Bryson, J. M. (2018). Strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations: A guide to strengthening and sustaining organizational achievement (5th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Wiley & Sons.

More, H., Vito, G., & Walsh, W. (2012). Organizational behavior and management in law enforcement (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.