STRATEGIC PLANNING: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Abstract

This article analyzes the problems of understanding strategic planning, the concept and essence of this category, different views of scientists about strategic planning. Analyzing the development of strategic planning in the scientific literature, the author notes that there are different views in the understanding of strategic planning, showing the great interest of the scientific community in this issue. If some scholars understand strategic planning as a complex phenomenon, considering it in such aspects as “strategy as a plan”, “strategy as a principle of behavior”, “strategy as a position”, “strategy as a perspective”, “strategy as a technique, while others consider strategy as a fundamental science, while noting that policy, strategy and tactics are three independent categories that are interrelated aspects of strategic leadership and management. It is noted that strategic planning acts as a factor of strategic stability in society and the state in the context of digitalization of all spheres of public life. The role and significance of strategic planning in the economic and social development of society and the state, the place of strategic planning in ensuring national security are considered. Also, stages, functions and principles, methodology of strategic planning are analyzed.