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The Organizational Master Plan

The nice thing about not having an Organizational Master Plan is that you can’t be off course if you do not know where you are going.

—H. James Harrington

Introduction to the Organizational Master Plan

The Organizational Master Plan is the combination and alignment of an organization’s Business Plan, Strategic Business Plan, Strategic Improvement Plan, Strategic Plan, and Annual Operating Plan.

Let’s start out by answering two questions. Rate these using a scale of 1 to 10 with one being extremely low and ten being extremely high.

  1. How important is strategic planning to the organization?

  2. Based on actual performance, how effective have the strategic planning activities been to date?

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