Successful fire service leaders know that a fire department that isn’t moving forward is dying or, at least, in danger of dying. In this second edition, author Mark Wallace succinctly points out that if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there. Fire departments that know where they are going, know the environment in which they must operate, and have identified how to get there have the best chance of achieving their goals and desires. These concepts form the foundation of strategic planning. They challenge fire chiefs to escape from the typical operational thinking, to begin strategic thinking, and ultimately to manage their organizations strategically. Readers will learn about the strategic planning process and why each of the steps in the process is critical if the plan is to succeed. More importantly, while the strategic planning process may be thought of as extremely complicated this book remove the mystery that some think of when considering strategic planning by providing timely advice and easy to use tools to assist in the strategic planning process.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Revisiting your Existing Strategic Plan
Chapter 3 : Speed Planning for the Time-Challenged Proactive Furturist
Chapter 4 : Strategic Planning and the Commission on Fire Accreditation International
Chapter 5 : Planning to Plan Strategically
Chapter 6 : Understanding adn Applying the Values of the Department
Chapter 7 : The Value of Vision to Organizational Change
Chapter 8 : Identifying the Department`s Mandates
Chapter 9 : Developing the Mission of the Department
Chapter 10 : Understanding and Defining the Philosophy of Operations
Chapter 11 : Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities of the External Environment
Chapter 12 : Assesing the Weakness and Strengths of the Internal Environment
Chapter 13 : Identifying the Strategic Issues of the Department
Chapter 14 : Creating Strategies for Strategic Issues
Chapter 15 : Creating the Department`s Ideal Future through Proactive Futuring
Chapter 16 : Operational Planning from a Strategic Perspective
Chapter 17 : Strategic Management and Master Planning
Chapter 18 : Cyclic Planning
Appendix
Index
