Blackmon Accounting & Consulting, LC

Strategic Planning

Why Develop a Strategic Plan

1. Strategic plans help to define the purpose of the organization and to establish realistic goals and objectives consistent with that mission in a defined time frame within the organization’s capacity for implementation.

2. Strategic plans are good tools to communicate those goals and objectives to the organization’s stakeholders such as staff, investors, donors, and many others.

3. Strategic plans can be sued to develop mechanisms for increasing organizational effectiveness and stewardship in the use of organization’s resources by focusing the resources on the key priorities.

4. Strategic plans provide a yardstick by which progress can be measured and establish a mechanism for informed change when needed.

5. Strategic plans can also provide cohesion, promote team building, and solve problems within organizational structures or processes.

The Planning Processs

Blackmon Accounting will work with your staff in the development of a strategic plan that is specifically designed for your organizations. The process begins with an organizational assessment and ends with a completed document ready for dissimulation. The process includes:

Development of Mission, Vision and Values Statements

An analysis of the External Environment

An analysis of the Internal Environment

Development of Organizational Strategy

 Establish Strategic Goals

Establish Strategies to Reach Goals

Develop Staffing Plan

Conduct Action Planning

Develop an Operating Budget for Each Year in the Plan

Complete Strategic Plan Document

Strategic Plan Monitoring

Blackmon Accounting provides monitoring services to ensure that the components outlined in the action plan are achieved. This services also includes alterations to the plan as new events unfold in the organization's internal and external environments.