Question

The strategic plan addresses the what and why of activities, but implementation addresses the who, where, when, and how. Do you agree? If so please explain.

Answer 1

Yes. I agree. The explanation is mentioned below:

Strategic plan is a process of deliberate coordination and decision making in order to undertake activities to achieve some desired results. The plan includes what activities are required to achieve the desired results, why are they required. This is important because it helps in laying down a roadmap for the outcomes.

But implementation of the plan is more concrete. Implementation of the plan needs to address who, where, when, how. This is because it is a more realistic aspect which results in fruition of strategic plan into actuation.