In this lecture professor Alava explains the roots and tools of strategic planning, which are familiar to most of us, who have been in leading positions in any organization. Then, he also warns us of the various pitfalls and dangers in the traditional strategic planning process.

In the lecture we also see an important summation of organizational dynamics, where we follow the thinking of an imaginary management team of a school when they first make observations about the environment, and then gradually formulate the new strategies of the school.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: none

Open or save PowerPoint slides related to this lecture ELSS820_S3_L2.pdf​

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after the lecture: None.