Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does, and why it does it. Strategic planning requires broad-scale information gathering, an exploration of alternatives, and an emphasis on the future implications of present decisions. It can facilitate communication and participation, accommodate divergent interests and values, and foster orderly decision-making and successful implementations.

The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) has twice undergone the process of determining its long-term goals and best approaches for achieving those goals since its inception in 1995. The Office’s original strategic plan was implemented in 1997 and has since been updated with the 2007 version.

Original Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan 2007