Strategic Planning in Security Management

Table of Content

Table of Content2

Introduction3

Discussion5

Recent Need for Effective Strategy Development6

Planning in the Military Lessons Learned Center8

Importance of Strategic Planning in Any Organizations11

Type of Planning12

Planning in Security Management13

SWOT Analysis16

Strengths16

Weaknesses17

Opportunities17

Threats17

Conclusion18

Strategic Planning in Security Management

Introduction

Strategic planning is one of the functions of strategic management, which is the process of choosing the organization's goals and ways to achieve them. Strategic planning provides the basis for all management decisions. Functions of the organization, motivation, and control are focused on the formulation of strategic plans. Not taking advantage of strategic planning, organization as a whole and individuals will be deprived of a clear method for evaluating the goals and direction of the corporate enterprise. The strategic planning process provides a framework for the management members of the organization. Strategic Planning System enables companies to shareholders and management to determine the direction and pace of business development, to outline the global trends of the market, understand what the organizational and structural changes must occur in the company to become competitive, what is its advantage, what tools are needed for its successful of development (Anderson, 2011, 38-46). Until recently, the strategic planning was the prerogative of large international corporations. However, the situation began to change, and as polls show that more and more companies, representing medium-sized businesses are beginning to deal with strategic planning. The strategic planning process in the company consists of several stages:

Defining the mission and goals of the organization

Analysis of the environment, which includes gathering information, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the firm, as well as its potential based on the available internal and external information

The choice of strategy

Implementation of the strategy

Evaluation and monitoring performance

Defining the mission and goals of any organization is very important. The objective function begins with the establishment of the mission enterprise, which expresses the philosophy and meaning of his existence. Mission is a conceptual intention to move in a certain direction. Usually, it details the status of the company, describes the basic principles of its operation, the real intentions of management, and defines the most important economic characteristics of the enterprise. The mission expresses its aspirations for the future, shows that, on what will be sent to the efforts of the organization, what values are at the same priority. Therefore, the mission should not depend on the current state of the enterprise; it should not affect the financial problems, etc. The mission is not taken to indicate a profit as the main goal of the organization, while making a profit is essential for the functioning of the enterprise (Anderson, 2011, 38-46).

Purpose is a mission in the specification of the organization in a form accessible to manage their implementation. The main characteristics of strategic planning objectives are:

a clear focus on a certain time interval;

specific and measurable;

consistency and coherence with other missions and resources;

Targeting and accountability

Based on the mission and goals of the organization's existence are based strategy and policy is determined by the organization. Strategic analysis, or as it is called portfolio analysis (in the case ...