Small-business owners or executive management teams create the long-term, big-picture strategies that help their companies grow. This strategic planning takes place months or years in advance and ...

During the planning process, a small business's owner and team forecast -- or model -- the company's future in terms of the strategic actions that will be taken in order to reach the company's goals, ...

To better understand the need for strategic planning in the fire service, let's look at some very basic topics. First, it is critical to develop an understanding of strategic planning. Once we ...