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Strategic planning should be a participatory process because: Spreadsheet Tool User Manual for Planning MSW Management • Solid waste management is not possible by one or two institutions. It is a shared responsibility; • Participation means shared responsibility for the strategy and its joint undertaking; • Participation by stakeholder groups is critical for decision making. The result will be a realistic strategy with a broad base of knowledge, understanding and commitment from the groups involved; • Participants bring information to the strategy, ensuring that it is based on a common understanding of purpose, problems and solutions; • Participation is the most effective way of communicating information on which the strategy is based, its goals, and tasks to be undertaken; • Participation should be expanded as the strategy develops. In the present context, strategic planning could assist in: • Developing institutions and organisational arrangements that are better equipped to cope with uncertainty, rapid change and the need for more integrated decisions; • Developing institutional and technological skills in solid waste management; • Developing multi‐agency networks: Incorporating the public, private and the informal sector; • Setting in motion analysis of the main constraints to more integrated management. With a goal as broad as ISWM, it is tempting to try to do everything. Planning must ensure that a strategy concentrates on a few priority issues while retaining a broad purview. Such a strategy is more likely to be implemented successfully. Strategic planning seeks to answer questions such as: • "What is our vision?" • "How should we be organized?" • "How should we allocate resources to our programs and services?” 12
Spreadsheet Tool User Manual for Planning MSW Management SP process is about planning because it involves setting of targets or goals and developing a framework to achieve these goals. In other words, it can be explained as a vehicle for journey, from present situation to better future. Strategic Planning (SP) is about the choice that is made from a number of alternatives, the prioritization of those choices, and the timing of the action associated with them. Thus, it is a proactive and target‐oriented process‐cum‐methodology. The objective of SP is to allocate organizational resources and to establish priorities of actions. SP can thus be beneficial to the economic efficiency of the organization as well, by guiding a more efficient use of personnel and a more productive application of available financial resources 2 . Lastly, SP is essential towards achievement of long‐term objective of developmental activities as it encourages a simultaneous consideration of social, environmental and economic factors. Figure below explains the basic steps in SP. Preparation Follow‐up Monitoring What is Current Situation? Goals, Objectives and Action Plan Strategic Planning Process Values? How to get there? Where do we want to be? Strategic Planning Process By answering these questions (and many others), SP assists in creating a desired future. The process as explained in Figure 2.2 begins with a situation analysis, i.e. an assessment of the existing status of the organization, known as “strategic analysis”. Here, key areas of concern are identified based on “values” and strategic directions are set. The action plan is then monitored to check its effectiveness. The benefits of the strategic planning process have been summarized in Box. 2 How to Prepare an Economic Development Action Plan for Your Community by The Center for Economic Development Research, College of Business Administration, University of South Florida. Available at: cedr.coba.usf.edu/projects/Module1EDActionPlan/Case%20Study%201.pdf 13
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