Strategic Planning Facilitation Flashcards
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Which technique is MOST effective for a facilitator managing a large strategic planning group (20+ participants) to generate diverse ideas efficiently?
Answer: World Café or breakout group rotations
World Café and rotating breakout groups allow large groups to generate and cross-pollinate ideas in a structured, time-efficient manner.
The 'logic model' tool in strategic planning is used primarily to:
Answer: Map the causal chain from resources and activities to intended outcomes
A logic model visually connects inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes to show how a strategy is expected to produce results.
When a strategic planning team reaches an impasse on a critical decision, a facilitator should FIRST:
Answer: Identify the underlying interests driving each position
Surfacing underlying interests rather than stated positions often reveals common ground and enables creative resolution of apparent deadlocks.
In the context of strategic planning, 'strategic drift' refers to:
Answer: A gradual, incremental divergence of strategy from environmental demands
Strategic drift occurs when an organization's strategy incrementally falls out of alignment with its changing environment, often without leaders recognizing it.
A facilitator uses 'force field analysis' during strategic planning to:
Answer: Identify driving and restraining forces affecting a proposed change
Force field analysis, developed by Kurt Lewin, visualizes forces that support or oppose a desired change to guide strategic decision-making.
Which statement BEST describes the difference between a strategic goal and a strategic objective?
Answer: Goals are broad desired outcomes; objectives are specific, measurable steps toward those outcomes
Strategic goals define broad desired end-states, while objectives specify the concrete, measurable actions and milestones required to achieve them.
When facilitating an environmental scan, a facilitator who prompts discussion about demographic trends, regulatory changes, and economic conditions is applying which framework?
Answer: PESTLE Analysis
PESTLE (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental) analysis structures the external environmental scan across these macro-level dimensions.