Journal Entry 5: Strategic IssuesYour integrated 10-year personal and professional strategic plan will be framed by a series of topic typically associated with strategic planning. Bryson (2011) defined strategic issues as fundamental policy choices or challenges facing an organization. At the heart of strategic planning, organizational leaders attempt to manage internal and external environmental forces to achieve efficient and effective organizational performance in providing goods and services desired by customers. Significant strategic issues exist at organizational boundaries (Bryson, 2011). For example, a professional pursuit – climbing the corporate ladder may be in conflict with a personal passion – spending quality time with the family. In this example, one could define two strategic issues: SI1 – Climbing the corporate ladder and SI2 – Spending quality time with the family. Your challenge is to balance the assumptions of why one does strategic planning with identifying meaningful choices or challenges you expect over the next 10 years.Use your Critical Thinking Journal to (1) critically think about and analyze three potential strategic issues you might face in the next 10 years (at least one strategic issue should relate to some aspect of your life outside your career), and (2) in Step 5 of Paul and Elder’s (2012) Critical Thinking Model, as adopted for the class, synthesize your thinking about your three prioritized strategic issues. Hint: Reflect back on your previous journal entries to maintain and demonstrate alignment with earlier thinking (e.g., mission, vision, values, and environmental assessment).Please use the provided source files attached as 2 of the 4 sources. The template is also provided.ReferenceDutton, Jane & J. Walton, Eric & Abrahamson, Eric. (1989). Important dimensions of strategic issues: Separating the wheat from the chaff . Journal of Management Studies. 26. 379 – 396.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-BassPaul, R., & Elder, L. (2012). Critical thinking: Tools for taking charge of your learning and your life. Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
