Facilitating strategic planning. (2017). Ortigas, Pasig City: Philippines Australia Human Resource and Organisational Development Facility.

Part 1: What is Strategic Planning? -- Lets define Strategic Planning -- What does a Strategic Plan consist of? -- What are the characteristics of a Strategic Plan? -- Why do organisations need a Strategic Plan? -- What does a Strategic Planning Process entail? -- Who should prepare the Strategic Plan and how should it be prepared? -- Part 2: How do we Manage and Facilitate a Strategic planning Workshop? -- Getting Ready for the Workshop -- Creating the Planning Workshop Team or Secretariat -- Selecting the participants -- Selecting the ideal venue -- Selecting external consultants or resource persons as necessary -- Preparing the materials -- Designing the Planning Workshop -- Preparing for the welfare of the participants -- Conducting the Internal and External Reality Assessments -- Review of Performance -- Assessing Internal Reality - Capacities, Competencies, and Change Readiness -- Assessing External Reality -- Facilitating the Planning Workshop Proper -- Ensuring Participation in the Planning Process -- Workshop 1: Validating the Current Reality Assessments -- Workshop 2: Revisiting or Setting the Vision and Mission -- Workshop 3: Developing or Revisiting the Core Values of the Organisation -- Workshop 4: Determining Strategic Objectives or Goals -- Workshop 5: Translating Strategic Objectives into Key Result Areas and Performance Targets -- Workshop 6: Generating and Selecting Strategies to Achieve Objectives -- Workshop 7: Formulating Programs and Projects -- Cleaning and Finalising the Outputs of the Planning Workshop -- Preparing a Clean Documentation of Planning Outputs -- Validating the Planning Assumptions Used -- Finalising the Plan Elements -- Packaging and Approval of the Strategic Plan -- Part 3: Managing the Post Strategic Planning Processes -- Getting Ready for Implementation -- Assigning Responsibility Areas for Implementation -- Determining Implementation Timeliness -- Organising a Strategic Planning and Management Team or Unit -- Operations Planning and Budgeting -- Cascading and Communicating the Strategic Plan -- Cascading the Plan -- Systematically Communicating the Strategic Plan -- Managing Risks During Implementation -- Risks During Implementation -- Developing a Risk Mitigation Plan -- Institutionalising the Strategic Plan and Planning Process -- Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation System for the Strategic Plan Implementation -- Regulating Budgets and Resource Allocations -- Linking the Strategic Plan to the Performance Management System -- Providing for a Permanent Structure or Function for Strategic Planning