22 Examples of Organizational Planning

John Spacey, June 18, 2023

Organizational planning is the end-to-end process of planning the structure, goals, strategy and actions of an organization. This begins with foundational things such as mission, vision and organizational structure. With these in place, there is a repeated process of setting goals and identifying strategies to achieve these goals. The following are common examples of organizational planning.

Mission and vision	Organizational structure such as an org chart
Organizational goals and objectives	Metrics, KPIs and reporting
Market research	Situational analysis such as SWOT analysis
Strategic planning	Strategy prioritization
Resource planning	Budget planning
Operations planning	Product planning
Project planning	Action planning
Communication planning	Risk management planning
Quality planning	Team planning
Tactical planning	Job planning
Gap analysis	Continuous improvement

The list above are all generic types of plan that can be used in any industry or domain. Many of these plans are outlined below.

A large organization may develop hundreds of different types of plans that are specialized to a particular purpose. For example, a capacity management plan for a data center or an inventory management plan for an ecommerce operation.

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More about organizational planning:

Organizational Planning

Organizational Strategy

Organizational Structure

PESTEL Analysis

Quality Planning

Strategic Planning