| Abstract |
Strategic plans, all too often they don't work. One of the
reasons is that there is lacking of follow through after initial planning, or in
other words there is poor tracking of progress. Under such pretext,
Strategic Planning Monitoring System (SPMS) is introduced to address
the issue. SPMS is the online based system and its primary
objective is to assist managers to monitor the progress moving towards
target. The performance of respective departments/units as well as the
contributions towards the strategic planning long term objectives can be
studied and monitored. On the same platform
it is a systematic and organized approach in managing
organization’s strategic planning database. SPMS procedures
is relatively straightforward, where the inputs are the planning
period, strategic objective, departments/units, strategies
adopted and performance indicators. These are keyed in by
the system administrator and the process owners. SPMS are
updated online, periodically. The progresses are directly
managed by the respective department/units online from their
respective terminals. The SPMS outputs are information which
is presented in the form of standard report based on the
requirement of the users are also made available to top
management for holistic viewing. This reports form the basis
for managements and those involved towards realistic decision
makings. The features of SPMS which support easy access
and updating would facilitate timely progress reports that are
critical for immediate corrective action (if necessary).
Simultaneously, this enhances communications between
‘participants’ as well as a move towards paperless
environments. SPMS has potentials to be further developed,
through the features of charts and linking it with organizations
applications and database for more effective control and
performance that will assist managements at all level in their
decision makings. |