Global strategic planning is a primary function of a company's managers, and the process of strategic planning provides a formal structure for undertaking this process. Companies are confronting a set of environmental forces that are increasingly complex, global, and subject to rapid change. In response, many international firms have found it necessary to institute formal global strategic planning to provide a means for top management to identify opportunities and threats from all over the world.

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Formulate strategies to handle them, and stipulate how to finance and manage the implementation of these strategies?

Review or develop Vision & Mission: business aims to understand what its vision and mission is, reviewing one already there or developing a new one based on the current business environment and changes

Business and operation analysis. Here the business aims to understand it's environment in terms of it strengths and weaknesses internally and externally

Develop Strategic Options: business looks to find all strategic options available and weighs options to select best strategy on the basis of its business and operation analysis to understand strategy to tackle the current business situation

Establish Strategic Objectives: strategy objectives are developed to tackle new business environment

Strategy Execution Plan: the execution plan involves an effective plan that can duly implemented

Establish Resource Allocation: resources are allocated to execute the global strategic plan

Execution Review: execution is reviewed and quantified to see if the plan is being met