Most organizations practice strategic planning in one form or anther. They benefit from having a plan to follow, as well as from the planning process, which brings together requires that organizations and the employees and work groups within in communicate clear roles, products and services they provide, and work together to determine how to reach their goals. This provides a "just follow these steps" method to writing a strategic plan. It offers examples, worksheets, case studies, and tools that can be used along the way so that this method can be used by managers without previous strategic planning experience.
This book can be found in HECSA Library:
10 Steps to Successful Strategic Planning
Susan Barksdale and Teri Lund
HD 30.28 .B36748 2006