Hello class, Google is the God of the Internet! You can find any and everything on google. Not only google but YouTube. I am sure both of these internet site would be useful to find tools for strategic planning process. Google also has a scholar search engine that I am sure would be helpful. For example I was able to find this information for just typing into google what is strategic planing.

The strategic plan is a representation of vision, created to drive organizational change and transformation. So why are change and transformation so thin on the ground? In a word: execution.

This paper will argue that strategic plans as traditionally known do not empower organizations to execute strategically. Further, organizational challenges hamper change initiatives - challenges that can be mitigated by creating true strategic plans that operationalize strategy.

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Youtube has video that breaks down how to implement strategic planing by breaking down the public and private sector. There also industry data bases that are specific. FEMA is a great database for criminal justice departments. FEMA helps with emergency planing from natural disasters to water or power outages.