The committee's activities are to extend beyond the preparation of the revised University Strategic Plan to ensure a continuous strategic planning process. The revised Strategic Plan, Achieving Distinction 2000, was completed in March, 1995. Anticipated future activities include commenting on first-level plans and their consistency with the University Strategic Plan, considering changes in the process of future planning, reporting on changes in environmental conditions or other factors that may affect strategic planning, and consulting with the Steering Group on implementation. University strategic planning is a collective, institution-wide process for developing creative initiatives that channel resources to fulfill the University's mission and take maximum advantage of trends in the external and internal environment. Goals are developed in the context of the mission and are the basis for specific objectives.
Specific objectives serve as a link between goals and action.
A strategy can be a single action or a set of complementary actions. Or, they can be embedded in the choice of a particular set of equally weighted goals. Contains greater appreciation for the unpredictability of the environment. It assumes an ever-changing, complex external environment and takes a proactive stance toward that environment. Prepares for a future that is uncertain and might take a variety of forms.