title: Avoiding the pitfalls of strategic planning.
abstract: Be on guard against these and other strategic planning pitfalls: Moving to the planning stage without an environmental assessment. Developing a plan without senior management involvement. Allowing too little or too much time for planning. Using the plan simply to reinforce the status quo. Lacking clear metrics for defining strategic goals.
authors.affiliation: Enterprise Strategy Services, Mitretek Healthcare, Mitretek Center for Health Innovation, West Springfield, MA, USA. cathy.clark@mitretek.org
authors.forename: Cathy Sullivan
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Susanna E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Krentz
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D010934:Planning Techniques; D035501:Uncertainty; D014481:United States