BOHOL ISLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
MAIN CAMUS
6300 Tagbilaran city
Bohol, Philippines
Tel: 411-3289 Telfax: 038-501-7516
Name: April Jean A. Cahoy Professor: Mrs. Josefina Gentallian
Topic: Module 5: The Strategic Planning Process Date: January , 2017
THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
What is STRATEGY?
STRATEGY is an internal response of an organization to the demands of the external environment from a general
point of view.
What is STRATEGIC PLANNING?
STRATEGIC PLANNING allows organization to make fundamental decisions that guide them to a developed vision of the
future.
Strategic Planning help us:
establish priorities
choose action
create a game plan
allocate resources
Good Strategic Plan should
Visionary
Flexible
Guide decision making at lower levels
Address Critical Performance issues
Balance between Capability vs. Want
Benefits of Strategic Planning
provides orderly growth and competitive survival
stimulates the organization to be more responsive to the needs of customers
increases efficiency
provides a decision making framework
builds a communication network
Limitation of Strategic Planning
planning requires the commitment and sponsorship of an executive leader
planning requires an appropriation of time, people, and resources
the process can become too focused on measurements and compliance
Developing a Strategic Plan depends on the following:
Leadership
Organizational Culture
Complexity of the Organizations Environment
Size
Expertise of Planners
BASIC ELEMENT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING
1. PLANNING TO PLAN
Useful Tips Before Starting the Planning Process:
1. Try to involve everyone.
2. Keep the plan simple.
3. Focus on key issues.
4. Use problem-solving techniques to resolve the issues.
5. Be creative and innovative.
6. Be realistic.
7. Get outside help if necessary.
8. Get commitment from the organizations leadership.
2. Creating Values, Vision, Mission and Goals
VALUES- are beliefs, principles and assumptions affecting the nature and ultimate goal of the organization and the way it
is managed.
VISION- a panoramic view, a mega-dream of the kind of society that we want to establish for our future.
MISSION- is what we do, a precise description of what an organization does.
GOALS- is what we can achieve, describe a future end-state desired outcome that is supportive of the mission and vision.
EXAMPLE OF VALUES
Values of Mars Corporation
QUALITY- The consumer is our boss, quality is our work and value for money is our goal.
RESPONSIBILITY- As individuals, we demand total responsibility from ourselves; as associates, we support the
responsibilities of others.
MUTUALITY- A mutual benefit is a shared benefit; a shaed benefit will endure.
EFFICIENCY- We use resources to the fullest, waste nothing and do only what we can do best.
FREEDOM- We need freedom to shape our future; we need profit to remain free.
VISION
Vision Statement can help the organization to:
allocate resources or indicate how resources will be managed for the coming years;
define new directions;
stay on course over time;
avoid destruction; and
give potential partners and others confidence in the organization.
Guide QUESTIONS in assessing a Vision Statement:
Does it state what the organization will be like three, five or ten years from now?
Does it embody the hopes and dreams of the organization?
Does it emphasizes the strengths of the organization?
Is it specific and concrete?
Does it challenge what exists?
Is it short and to the point?
Does it encourage direct actions?
Does it convey forward directions and values?
Is it developed, shared and supported by members of the organization?
Is it comprehensive, detailed, positive and inspiring?
Example of Vision Statement:
Vision of Community X
A community that is able to satisfy its own basic need, to access and deploy the necessary resources for an ecologically
balanced and equitable development and live in peace, happiness and justice.
MISSION
FOUR Primary Questions in formulating Mission Statement:
What function(s) does the organization perform? (goals or services)
For whom does the organization perform this function? (primary target)
How does the organization go about filling this function? (strategy)
Why does this organization exist?
WHAT?
WHY?
HOW? WHO?
EXAMPLE of Mission Statement
We, the Barangay Development Council, will work in solidarity to promote the general well-being of the people in the
barangay by transforming them into self-reliant, self-managing, just and peaceful community
GOAL
is a measurable end-result that derives its impetus from the Mission Statement.
it serve as guide for collective actions in focusing ones effort, resources and talents.
EXAMPLE OF GOAL STATEMENT:
To increase income of people below subsistence to a level where they can provide for their basic needs.
To promote good health for all.
To enable communities to organize, mobilize, source their own resources and manage their own affairs,
To provide justice to all and eradicate crime.
Bohol Island State University VISION, MISSION, CORE VALUES AND GOALS
Vision
English Translation
A premier Science and Technology university for the formation of world class and virtuous human resource for
sustainable development in Bohol and the Country.
Mission
BISU is committed to provide quality higher education in the arts and sciences, as well as in the professional
and technological fields; undertake research and development and extension services for the sustainable
development of Bohol and the country.
Core Values
Core values are inviolable commitments that express who we are as an institution and what principles or
qualities should infuse all practices and activities within the university in carrying out its mission. In the pursuit
of its mandate, BISU is supported by five fundamental pillars as follows:
Search for Excellence. BISUs commitment to quality education shall be driven and characterized by
excellence in every output and activity it produces/conducts through interweaving the technical, fundamental
and practical knowledge;
Responsiveness to Challenges. As a newfound institution of higher learning, BISU is faced with all the
challenges demanded particularly the continuing depletion of the national governments financial support along
with BISUs desire for upgrading its facilities and human resources. Being intellectually diverse and
entrepreneurial, creative and innovative, BISU shall beat the odds by capitalizing on creative collaborations
with its individual campuses, the community, local government units and other sectors available.
Student Access. Being a state-owned university, BISU is committed to providing public service, by
becoming a university that is open and accessible to all students who merit entrance. This value is the most
important consideration by BISU in its drive to continuously develop, improve and upgrade its facilities and
seek for more funds;
Public Engagement. Expresses BISUs commitment to search for knowledge-based solutions to
societal and economic problems particularly of Bohol and of the region. Public engagement is the interpretation
of BISUs commitment to research and extension by being proactive in introducing changes that will deeply
impact on the improvement of the life of the people.
Good Governance. Alongside the current regimes objectives of good governance in the delivery of
basic services, BISU shall strive to institutionalize a streamlined, efficient and effective structure and systems
that is supportive of the universitys goals and objectives, sans bureaucratic practices.
These five pillars of BISU imply a set of core values that stand in the center of the university as an institution of
higher learning. These core values are best simplified in BISU SOARS, to wit:
B Blissful, caring and collaborative academic institution of higher learning;
I Innovative, creative and committed in the performance of its mandate;
S Sincere in the conduct of intellectual inquiry for excellence in teaching, research, extension and production;
U Unsparing in sharing knowledge to enlighten the stakeholders and the community to benefit the province
and country.
S Sensitive in promoting moral values awareness and formation;
O Objective in decision-making, in implementing its strategic plan, and in underscoring professionalism and
career development of the teaching and support staff;
A Accessible and affordable to all who meet high academic standards;
R Retentive in rewarding and recognizing merit, creativity and innovation; and
S Steadfast in the inculcation of nationalism among its officials, faculty and staff and student population.
Goals
To deliver its mandate, BISU is directing all its efforts towards excellence guided by its foresight.
To address the needs of the strategic sectors, BISU shall:
Pursue faculty and education excellence and strengthen the current viable curricular programs and
develop curricular programs that are responsive to the demands of the times both in the industry and the
environment;
Promote quality research outputs that respond to the needs of the local and national communities;
Develop Communities through Responsive Extension Programs ;
Adopt Efficient and Profitable Income Generating Projects/Enterprise for Self-Sustainability;
Provide adequate, state-of-the-art and accessible infrastructure support facilities for quality education ;
Promote efficient and effective good governance supportive of high quality education.
