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Strategic Plan Review Paper

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STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW

Strategic Plan Review

Corinna Rall, Kate Utgaard, and Melissa Rowe

University of Mary

Introduction

Strategic planning is the foundation of future innovation and success for an organization. To further understand the concept of strategic planning, as it relates to the nursing profession, a strategic plan review was completed. Specific components of the strategic plan review include a review of strategic planning resources and generation of an annotated bibliography, a case study review and reflection of current practice were completed. Completion of the strategic plan review will enhance our understanding of nursing’s participation in the …show more content…

The authors cite the five guiding principles of AI that influenced the strategic planning process such as constructionist, positive, anticipatory, poetic, and simultaneity. This article provides a first hand step by step account of an organization utilizing AI in the creation of a strategic plan guided by the four dimension model. The four phases in the four dimensional model are discovery, dream, design, and destiny. In particular, the article focuses on the systemic processes of the phases which utilizes the art of asking positive questions that heighten the system's capacity for a heightened positive potential for collaboration and change for the organization. The overall intent is to identify what the organization already has in place and rework it further to develop goals toward a stronger future. Finally, the authors conclude the importance of organizations adopting and utilizing processes or models, like the AI which reflect organization's values and worldview when creating a strategic …show more content…

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