- C K Gibson: Hope College, Holland, MI.
Strategic planning in many organizations has been less satisfying and useful than these organizations had hoped. We believe these outcomes may be due to a limited view of planning and the implications of the planning process for the organization. Our belief is that these organizations were not genuinely "ready" to engage in the kind of thinking and work required for strategic planning. Therefore, we propose a model of planning readiness consisting of seven components. Each component offers the organization leader an opportunity to achieve improved levels of planning readiness within the organization.