Advise a new Director who wants to implement strategic planning in the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller. This individual has a keen interest in using strategic planning to help spend taxpayer dollars wisely.

The Director wants a list of basic principles to enable this organization to position itself to respond effectively to external demands, to link planning with performance, and to be effective and efficient. We want to help this individual appreciate the key aspects of strategic planning and how they might apply in this office.

Please address the following points:

Outline for the director the key organizational elements, how you would describe the relationship among these key elements, and how they link to one another to ensure the success of her strategic planning efforts. In addition, sketch out the sequence of the major steps you recommend that she used to complete a strategic plan.