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 resourcesUnit 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: JosseyBass.
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