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However, even with this disclaimer, the plan does miss out on several important elements that should have been present, while detailing too much on some of the others. First of all, the strategic plan appears to be a long list of proposes strategic or tactical objectives, with a brief evaluation of their development stage, but nothing else. A proper business plan should have limited the number of objectives that the department proposes for itself and should have discussed how these objectives can be reached.
For example, the department has set for itself a goal of pursuing federal and state grants, but there was no strategy developed as to how this is going to be undertaken. At the same time, the human resource policy, just like the financial policy, seems very vague. The department has a number of objectives, but it is difficult to analyze to which degree there are the necessary resources for these to be completed, as well as the impact that such a completion is likely to have on the activity of the department.
One think that the report lacks is data and numerical information. When the human resources objectives are detailed, an informed reader would like to look into the policy that the department has adopted in terms of getting those objectives...
How many female firefighters is the department actually proposing to hire during the set period of time? How is a growth in the number of employees in the department going to affect the financial stability of the department? Several financial ratios would also have been useful in determining whether the department is capable to sustain a solid and healthy financial situation over the short and medium term.
As detailed in this report, the main objection about the plan that the Honolulu Fire Department has proposed is that it details extensively on some sections, namely the objectives of the entity, and leaves out other significant sections, like a detailed analysis of the resources that are directed towards fulfilling those objectives. With that in mind, some of the objectives should not be included in that respective category, namely human or financial.
Bibliography
1. Honolulu Fire Department -- Master Strategic Plan. February 2008. On the Internet at http://www.honolulu.gov/hfd/20082012masterstrategicplan.pdf. Last retrieved on August 19, 2010
Honolulu Fire Department -- Master Strategic Plan. February 2008. On the Internet at http://www.honolulu.gov/hfd/20082012masterstrategicplan.pdf. Last retrieved on August 19, 2010
Bibliography
1. Honolulu Fire Department -- Master Strategic Plan. February 2008. On the Internet at http://www.honolulu.gov/hfd/20082012masterstrategicplan.pdf. Last retrieved on August 19, 2010
Honolulu Fire Department -- Master Strategic Plan. February 2008. On the Internet at http://www.honolulu.gov/hfd/20082012masterstrategicplan.pdf. Last retrieved on August 19, 2010
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