A strategic plan is a proactive tool to better position an organization to respond to its strategic opportunities and challenges. It is a comprehensive document that should encompass all bureau activities. It lays out specific goals and measurable objectives and describes the action steps and resources needed to accomplish them. There has been input from all bureau staff and from other internal stakeholders in the Department of Labor and from external stakeholders outside the Department, it is foremost a document developed and finalized by the bureau’s management.
The strategic plan is a 3-year plan running concurrent with the state’s fiscal year and commences in the first year of the Commissioner of Labor’s new term of office. The strategic planning process is reviewed annually for modifications and adjustments.