What Is the First Step in the Strategic Planning Process

question 48

Multiple Choice

What is the first step in the strategic planning process?

• A) setting specific objectives
• B) implementing long-term goals
• C) assessing the business environment
• D) determining the organizational mission

---

Definitions:

Explanatory Style

An individual's habitual way of explaining events, especially the causes of adverse events, which can influence their psychological health.

Internal Attributions

The inference that a person's behavior is due to their own internal characteristics, such as personality, beliefs, or efforts, rather than external circumstances.

External Attributions

The process of explaining one's own behavior or the behavior of others by pointing to causes outside the individual, such as situational factors.

Hope

A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.