Reference no: EM131152664
Strategic Planning Interviews (must be apply answers in paper from interview use APA format) use Freedys Frozen Custard as the company and make up answers to questions below I have the interview citation info (William Valentas, Vice Presdient of Fianace)
Purpose:
• To interact with someone in an organization who is involved in strategic planning.
• To gain an understanding and appreciation of how strategic planning is actually done.
• To critique how an organization actually does strategic planning
Guidelines:
Select an organization (use Freedys Frozen Custard) conduct an interview on strategic planning. The interview can be conducted in person or over the telephone.
Sample Interview questions (You can add your own as well):
1. How does your firm actually conduct strategic planning?
2. Who is involved in the process?
3. How are customers involved in the process?
4. Does your firm have a formal mission statement or vision statement?
5. How was the statement developed?
6. Does the organization use/conduct scenario planning? If yes, how?
7. What are the benefits of engaging in strategic planning?
8. What are the major costs or problems in doing strategic planning in your organization?
9. Is data collected? If so, how?
10. Is a competitive analysis conducted? How?
12. Is a SWOT analysis conducted? How?
13. Do you anticipate making any changes in the strategic planning process? (if yes please explain).
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