| Four
Highly Interactive Components
The strategic framework process builds a common vision, or
shared understanding, based on functional realities, among
the public, private and institutional sectors that lead to
effective strategy development.
Creating a framework is based on the completion of four key
components. Each component is designed to fulfill the following
set of requirements:
Knowledge base - provides a comprehensive information based
documentation of the patterns, assets and opportunities using
the visual language.
Leadership matrix - creates the platform of informed and involved
leadership working collaboratively in the development of mutually
beneficial initiatives.
Communications - creates a broad and clear understanding and
public consensus to support regional initiatives.
Project Management - creates the administrative and technical
teams capable of carrying the project through implementation.
Strategy Development
Within the framework, the context for strategy development
is entirely redefined. By linking leaders with an understanding
of networks, a new platform for evaluating position, resources
and markets is created on which consensus based strategic
responses to opportunities and threats can be developed.
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The West Michigan Tri-plex: The
rapid population growth and the process of urbanization
are transforming the historically separate cities of
Grand Rapids, Holland and Muskegon and their surrounding
communities into
a single, highly-interactive and interdependent metro
center with more than 1.1 million people. This transition
involves a multi-dimensional shift affecting every urban,
economic and environmental system. |
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