Summative assessment: strategic plan outline

 In the simplest of terms, a strategic plan can be thought of as: 

• -Where are we now?
• -Where are we going?
• -How will we get there?

The county/city manager has hired you for a special project where you have been tasked with developing a new 3-year strategic plan outline for a county/city in your state that you select.

Develop a 700- to 1,050-word strategic plan annotated outline that discusses the approach to the development, implementation, and assessment of a new 3-year strategic plan in the county/city of your choice.

Address the following in your outline:

• -List and discuss the key components that will guide your development of the new strategic plan.
• -Describe the process for analyzing the operational and tactical approaches in the plan.
• -Explain how you will garner organizational buy-in for the new strategic plan.
• -How will stakeholder feedback be integrated into the plan?

Include critical implementation and assessment strategies in your plan:

• -Key implementation strategies and supporting examples.
• -Strategic plan assessment strategies, including:
• -Empirical assessment strategies
• -Assessment timelines
• -Benchmarking
• -Evaluation of plan feedback to guide strategic plan adjustments

Cite at least 3 outside references to support your assignment.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.