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Strategic, Business, and Action
Planning
Strategic planning and analysis is the first step in the
planning model. This step describes and defines the external environment
in terms that allow the organization to develop and deploy specific
core competencies and skills. It also defines the internal processes
that support those skills and competencies. The process must continue
to articulate the model in terms of specific processes, inputs,
outputs, and linkage to other processes. This definition process
highlights points where particular measures can provide early warning
of problems or opportunities. Measures can then be developed to
report on these pertinent process points. The final output of the
strategic planning process is a set of long-range goals and specific
actions required to accomplish those goals.
Performance Measurements and Indicators
Developing good performance
measures is essential. If the indicators are developed properly,
they will not provide management with the information necessary
to control the processes. Several key issues that must be considered
in developing performance measures are:
- Needs Assessments in education, leadership development, workforce
development, training and human resources
- Preparation of recommendations
for basic and higher education; institutional strengthening;
human resource development; and information and communications
technologies.
- Impact assessments of education sector programs
on national and regional development
- Establishment of education
monitoring systems
- Technical, economic and social feasibility
analyses
- Infrastructure needs assessment and capital development
technical assistance for national school systems Limit the number
of measures
- Include measures for customers, stakeholders, employees
- Start at the top of the organization and build buy-in throughout
- Link measures to goals
- Seek balance among measures
- Develop
measures for past, present, and future
- Focus on high-priority
programs, benefits, and value
If care is taken in developing the performance measures and indicators,
management will have accurate and timely information on which to
make decisions. Toward this end, The Mitchelll Group helps organizations
and governments to design and implement the most effective programs
possible -- programs that help people to overcome a myriad of social,
political and economic obstacles to development.
Process and Productivity Improvement
Is quality improvement a
program? It is more a journey than a destination. It is a process
of continuous improvement adopted to remain competitive in the
long run. Because of it, competitors readily feel strategic implications
and the effects of significant quality improvement. Some of them
will respond by meeting or exceeding the new quality standards,
and by making continuous improvement imperative for maintaining
a competitive edge. Continuous improvement must be made or else,
the level of quality will decrease in the long term.
Organizational Assessment
Organizational assessment is an efficient,
cost-effective management tool that:
- Provides diagnostic analysis
of organizational problems
- Identifies the problems
- Provides diagnostic
analysis of the problems identified
The purpose of the organizational assessment process is to:
- Gain strategic insight into the organization and it's dynamics
- Sharpen focus of management and employees on the issues facing
the organization
- Identify problems, sort, and prioritize
- Plan
and develop an effective Improvement Plan
- Follow through to insure
that the actions have produced the intended results
- Build an
effective team
Highlights of our capabilities are:
- Assessments of programs at strategic, comparative and "state-of
-the art" levels
- Collaborative evaluations of the operational
effectiveness and efficiency of programs and projects
- Performance
management, monitoring and evaluation systems linked to timelines,
indicators, results packages and strategic objectives
- Evaluation
approaches, methods, training, dissemination and use
The Mitchell Group's approach to assessments and evaluations is
participatory, emphasizing collaboration, teamwork and ownership
by responsible managers, partners and by other stakeholders.
Organizational
assessments are intended to provide a snapshot of the organizational
performance, recommendations for improvement, and a scorecard to
assess these improvements. Depending on the size of the organization,
the scope of the assessment and the availability of the data needed
to complete the assessment can be completed in a very short period
of time. The goal will be provide information and recommendations
that are immediately actionable, and that can produce results in
a short period of time.
How The Mitchell Group's Consulting Services Support MOBIS
The
management challenge inherent on this contract is delivering high-quality
contract services to a diverse and demanding user community. This
requires an exceptional program and project management methodology.
Consulting services involves providing a wide-range of MOBIS services.
These services can include providing experts to develop strategic
plans for an organization, developing organizational assessments,
or implementing continuous process improvement. The Mitchell Group
has the ability to accomplish all of these functions. The Mitchell
Group's processes and procedures, as implemented by our expert
staff, provide the government with exceptional services and products.
The Mitchell Group's procedures for managing contract performance
ensure the delivery of quality products and services.
The Mitchell
Group will provide expert advice, assistance, guidance, and counseling
in support of agency's management, organizational and business
improvement efforts. This may also include studies, analyses, and
reports that document any proposed developmental, consultative,
or implementation efforts. Examples of consultation include, but
are not limited to, strategic, business and action planning; systems
alignment; cycle time; high performance work; leadership systems;
performance measures and indicators; process and productivity improvement;
vulnerability assessments; customized training; organizational
assessments: program audits: and evaluations.
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