1. Strategic Planning
University SDA Church Officers Training Workshop October 21, Lemmy Manje

2. The quest for a holistic management approach!
It’s better to be approximately right than precisely wrong.

3. The quest for a holistic and appropriate organizational structures!
Having a good idea is one thing,
Having a good strategy is another
…You also need
good organizational and
Management structures!

4. Strategic planning is defined as finding the best FIT between 3 sets of forces.
External
Opportunities
& Threats
Mission
Purpose
Goals
Internal
Strengths &
Weaknesses
Barry, 1985

5. Strategic Planning and Management
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Developing
A mission
Setting
Measurable
Objectives
Crafting a
Strategy
To achieve
The objectives
Implementing
And Executing
the strategy

6. Critical Organizational Success Factors
enthusiasm: desire to do the job
high coalition & team building skills: building coalition of internal & external members
Member orientation: balance between internal (team members) & external (church members)
Organization orientation: the need to understand the vision and goals of the church

7. How well do you plan execution?

9. Work Overload Never take on more than you can Handle!

10. Plan your
Work
Plan
Together
Delegate
Effectively
Communicate!

11. Strategic Meetings very Critical!

12. Strategic Planning and Management
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Developing
A mission
Setting
Measurable
Objectives
Crafting a
Strategy
To achieve
The objectives
Implementing
And Executing
the strategy