Pitfalls in Strategic Planning • Using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources • Doing strategic planning only to satisfy accreditation or regulatory requirements • Too hastily moving from mission development to strategy formulation • Failing to communicate the plan to employees, who continue working in the dark • Top managers making many intuitive decisions that conflict with the formal plan • Top managers not actively supporting the strategic-planning process • Failing to use plans as a standard for measuring performance • Delegating planning to a “planner” rather than involving all managers • Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning • Failing to create a collaborative climate supportive of change • Viewing planning as unnecessary or unimportant • Becoming so engrossed in current problems that insufficient or no planning is done • Being so formal in planning that flexibility and creativity are stifled 317 views23:33
