Unit
VII PowerPoint Presentation
You are the budget and finance director for your agency
or a public/nonprofit agency with which you are familiar. Your supervisor has
asked you to craft a presentation recommending strategic cuts to your agency
based upon past and future budget reductions. You must prepare an 8-10 slide
PowerPoint presentation presenting your findings and recommendations. The cuts
do not need to be sweeping, but should rather be strategic and realistic, and
based upon future collaborative initiatives. Concentrate on how “strategic
leadership” will guide your organization through this process, relying on
examples and information from Chapter 11 of the textbook. That is, what roles
can leaders in the organization play to make these cuts more palatable to the
entire organization? Be sure to support your recommendations with no fewer than
three peer-reviewed journal articles.
When creating the presentation, craft it in a
“business professional” manner with appropriate text proportions, consistent
and professional font, and appropriate images to present your information.
While some features of PowerPoint may be better at catching attention, it may
not be suitable for presenting professional information and driving home your
point.
Your presentation should be written in APA style
writing with appropriate citations. Include a references slide at the end of
your presentation for your resources
Chapter
11
At the outset of Chapter 11, Bryson (2011) notes,
“…strategic planning is not a substitute for effective leadership. There is no
substitute for effective leadership (and committed followership) when it comes
to planning and implementation (p. 355).” Quite simply, without competent,
effective, and committed leadership, the strategic planning process will fail.
Even more simply, without effective leadership, organizations will fail.
Strategic planning is simply a variable in any organization that requires sound
leadership, guidance, and stewardship.
As noted in Chapter 11, effective organizational
leaders must assume several roles to ensure the success, implementation, and
sustainability of the strategic plan. First, they must understand the context
of the plan within the organization, communicating its need and relevance to
all stakeholders. Second, they must understand who will be involved in the
planning and implementation and what role(s) they will serve (as both leaders
and followers). Third, as Bryson (2011) notes, leaders must sponsor the
process, demonstrating commitment and buy-in to the process and final product.
Fourth, leaders must champion the process, serving as an organizational
cheerleader of sorts, both internally and externally. Fifth, leaders must
facilitate the strategic planning process, ensuring that planners have
sufficient time, resources, and support to effectively craft and implement the
plan. Sixth, and last, leaders must foster collective leadership and
followership to guarantee plan sustainability (Bryson, 2011).
Bryson accurately chronicles that to effectively lead
the strategic planning process, organizational leaders must communicate
effectively, using a consistent and sustained dialogue (including feedback)
with all those involved and effected. Organizational communication is integral
to organizational success from any perspective and in every way, including
strategic planning. It is also important for leaders to tout the plan and
inform stakeholders regarding its progress and implementation at meetings,
forums, gatherings, in the media, and in the public sphere; the end product of
which is a consistent message that permeates the organization and reaches the
public (Bryson, 2011).
To reinforce, without effective and committed
leadership, strategic planning will fail, regardless of the mission, culture,
values, or size of the public or nonprofit organization. Even with leadership
changes, a well-crafted and implemented plan can endure, as long as it is
integrated into the organizational culture from top to bottom. As Bryson (2011)
states throughout Chapter 11, almost as important as effective leadership is
committed followership. Even if all staff are not involved in the planning and
implementation of the plan, they can show support for it by committing to it as
followers and good organizational citizens.
Reference
Bryson, J. M. (2011). Strategic planning for public
and nonprofit organizations: A guide to strengthening and sustaining
organizational achievement (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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