The Strategic Process ................................... Vision versus Mission Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

The strategic process depends on how far out into the future the organization is looking. The focus of various levels along with typical planning horizons follows:

We will discuss mid-to long-range planning in more detail through our discussions on visioning and scenario planning in Chapter 9. Currently we will focus on the more operational view of strategy development, typically looking out 3 to 5 years.