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Strategic Planning For Not-for-profit Organizations Is Both A Tutorial And An Easily Accessible Reference. It Is Packed With User-friendly Information To Help Readers Prepare Their Own Strategic Plans And Evaluate Plans Created By Others. The Book Presents Essential Concepts And Techniques In A Concise, Readily Usable Form That Readers Can Immediately Use In Decisionmaking. Worksheets And Real-life Examples Throughout The Book Help Readers In The Step-by-step Development Of Strategic Plans For Their Own Organizations. A Set Of Appendixes Includes A Strategic Plan Outline And Presents Sample St Strategic Planning For Not-for-profit Organizations; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1.planning Perspectives; Not-for-profit Organizations; Planning Is Important; What Is Planning?; Types Of Plans; Advantages Of Planning For Not-for-profit Organizations; Planning's Place In The Not-for-profit Organization; Resistance To The Planning Process; Revenue Source Influences On Planning; The Greatest Needs Of Today's Not-for-profit Organizations; Summary; Chapter 2. Overview Of Strategic Planning; What Is Strategic Planning?; The Strategic Planning Process Strategic Planning As An Ongoing Processstrategy Implementation; Summary; Planning Process Worksheet; Chapter 3. Defining Organizational Purpose; The Importance Of Defining Purpose; Basic Elements Covered In A Mission Statement; Writing A Statement Of Purpose; Sample Mission Statements; Evaluating A Purpose Statement; Summary; Mission Statement Worksheet; Chapter 4. Situation Analysis And Assumptions; External Analysis; Internal Analysis; Using A Swot Analysis; Making Assumptions; Summary; Situation Analysis And Assumptions Worksheet; Chapter 5. Establishing Organizational Objectives Nature And Role Of Objectivesalternatives To Managing By Objectives; Characteristics Of Good Objectives; Types Of Objectives Included In A Strategic Plan; Using Environmental Analysis Data To Set Objectives; Performance Contracts