1. Performance Management and Strategic Planning: Overview
Definition and Purposes of Strategic Planning
Linking Performance Management to the Strategic Plan
Strategic Planning
Developing Strategic Plans at the Unit Level
Job Descriptions
Individual and Team Performance
Building Support
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2. Strategic Planning: Definition
Process
Describe organization’s destination
Assess barriers
Select approaches for moving forward
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3. Strategic Planning: Goal
Allocate resources
to provide organization
with competitive advantage
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4. Strategic Planning: Purposes
Help define the organization’s identity
Help organization prepare for the future
Enhance ability to adapt to environmental change
Provide focus and allow for better allocation of resources
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5. Strategic Planning: Purposes
Produce an organizational culture of cooperation
Allow for the consideration of new options and opportunities
Provide employees with information to direct daily activities
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6. Strategic Planning : Overview
Environmental Analysis
Mission
Vision
Goals
Strategies
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7. Environmental Analysis
Identifies external and internal trends
To understand broad industry issues
To make decisions using “big picture” context
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8. External trends Opportunities: Threats:
environmental characteristics that can help the organization succeed
Threats:
environmental characteristics that can prevent the organization from being successful
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9. External trends – Factors to Consider
Economic
Political/legal
Social
Technological
Competitors
Customers
Suppliers
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10. Internal trends Strengths: Weaknesses:
internal characteristics that the organization can use for its advantage
Weaknesses:
internal characteristics that can hinder the success of the organization
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11. Internal trends – Factors to Consider
Organizational structure
Organizational culture
Politics
Processes
Size
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12. Gap Analysis Analyzes: External environment Internal environment
(opportunities and threats)
vis-à-vis
Internal environment
(strengths and weaknesses)
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13. Gap analysis determines:
Opportunity + Strength = Leverage
Opportunity + Weakness = Constraint
Threat + Strength = Vulnerability
Threat + Weakness = Problem
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14. Strategic Planning for the Organization
Environmental and Gap Analyses provide information for organizations to decide:
Who they are
What they do
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15. Mission A good mission statement answers:
Why does the organization exist?
What is the scope of the organization’s activities?
Who are the customers served?
What are the products or services offered?
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16. Mission Statement contains:
A. Information on organization’s
Basic product/service to be offered
Primary market/customer groups
Unique benefits and advantages of product/services
Technology to be used
Concern for survival through growth and profitability
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17. Mission Statement may contain:
B. Information on organization’s values and beliefs
Managerial philosophy
Public image sought by organization
Self-concept of business adopted by
Employees
Stockholders
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18. Vision Statement of future aspirations
Focuses attention on what is important
Provides context for evaluating
Opportunities
Threats
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19. A Good Vision Statement is:
Brief
Verifiable
Bound by a Timeline
Current
Focused
Understandable
Inspiring
A stretch
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20. Purposes for Setting Goals
Formalize expected achievements
Provide motivation
Provide tangible targets
Provide basis for good decisions
Provide basis for performance measurement
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21. Strategies
Create strategies or Game Plans or “How to” procedures to address issues of:
Growth
Survival
Turnaround
Stability
Innovation
Leadership
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22. How the HR Function contributes:
Communicate knowledge of strategic plan
Provide knowledge of KSAs needed for strategy implementation
Propose reward systems
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23. Strategic Plans at the Unit Level
Organization Mission statement, Vision statement, Goals, and Strategies
Must clearly align with
And be congruent with
Every Unit Mission statement, Vision statement, Goals, and Strategies
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24. Alignment of Strategic Plan with Performance
Organization’s Strategic Plan
Mission, Vision, Goals, Strategies
Critical to involve all levels of management
Unit’s Strategic Plan
Mission, Vision, Goals, Strategies
Job Description
Tasks, KSAs
Critical to involve all employees
Individual and Team Performance
Results, Behaviors, Developmental Plan
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25. Job Descriptions
Tasks and KSAs are congruent with Organization and Unit strategic plans
Activities described support mission and vision of Organization and Unit
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26. Individual and Team Performance
Organization and Unit mission, vision, goals lead to
Performance management system, which
Motivates employees
Aligns development plans with organization priorities
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27. Strategic Plan  Choices in PM System Design
Criteria (Behavior vs. Results)
Participation (Low vs. High)
Temporal Dimension (Short Term vs. Long Term)
Level of Criteria (Individual vs. Team/Group)
System Orientation (Developmental vs. Administrative)
Rewards (Pay for Performance vs. Tenure/Position)
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28. Building Support – Answering “What’s In It for Me?”
Top Management:
Help carry out vision
All levels:
Involvement
Participation
Understanding
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