Characteristics of the Long Range planning process, 1990

ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING PROCESS V Effects all major components of an organization / Generates practical, non-intuitive decisions v/ Establishes policies to guide day-to-day decision-making V Gains consensus concerning written plans and objectives V Involves an organization's administration, staff, board and outside resources / Builds in procedures to take into account new information, considerations and priorities in order to revise plans V Helps an organization develop pro-active financial programmatic and organizational strategies / Applies aspects of fundraising, project management and public relations in a long term framework / Utilizes a mixture of methods, including program planning, marketing, budgeting," research and evaluation, report management, organization devel opment, and client advocacy DDI