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EFS ID: 1E000

Section Business Plan

ASQ employs strategic planning techniques similar to those used by successful businesses and organizations.  The Section Business Plan is an element of ASQ's Section Management Process (SMP).  It complements the other elements of the SMP:

  • Assessing member needs and expectations, and
  • Measuring the Section's performance

    The ASQ Section 801 Business Plan is built using the results of our assessment of member needs and expectations gathered through such means as surveys and informal feedback from members.  The Business Plan is developed in parallel with the Section budget for the fiscal year (July1 through June 30) in order to assure that we are aligning our use of our financial resources with activities that will increase member value, increase member retention, and increase member satisfaction. 

    The Section Executive Committee tracks our progress toward achieving our goals and takes action to keep the plan on track as needed throughout the fiscal year.  Many goals are part of long-range plans spanning multiple years.

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 Submit your section’s 2006-07 plan to HQ (smp@asq.org) and your RD by October 1, 2006.

 Achieve 75% of your goals and submit completed plan and cover letter to HQ (SMP@asq.org) and your RD by September 1, 2007. 

Objective

Activity Title

Activity Description

Activity Date(s)

Measure

Goal

Status ^

% of Goal Achieved‡

Contact*

Comments

Increase Member Participation

Recruiting

Recruit in Government, Healthcare, and Education segments

Throughout the year

Increase membership representation

20 new members total in targeted segments

 

 

J. Heston

Stretch Goal

Increase Member Value

Education

Plan & offer a variety of professional development classes including certification refreshers

Fall and Spring

Number of courses conducted

2 Fall        2 Spring

 

 

M. Shraim

Stretch Goal

Increase Member Participation

Program Planning

Plan programs to address diverse market segment membership mix

Throughout the year

# of segments addressed in programs

3 out of 5 segments

 

 

D. Rotondo

Routine Goal

Increase Member Value

Spring Conference

Conduct an all-day workshop

Spring 2008

# of conference participants

80

 

 

J. Williamson

Routine Goal

Increase Member Value

Newsletter

Distribute newsletter

Quarterly

Number of newsletters published

4

 

 

A. O’Neal

Routine Goal

Increase Member Satisfaction

Enhance Awareness of Quality

Offer a scholarship for high school students planning to attend college

June 2008

Scholarship offered

1

 

 

C. Gawlak

Routine Goal

Increase Member Value

Member Communication

Survey members for help in planning programs, training, and determining effectiveness of speakers

Throughout the year

Number of section members responding

100

 

 

J. Rogers

Routine Goal

Increase Member Satisfaction

Website Benchmark

Log receipt and posting of updates.  Determine number of site hits.

Throughout the year

Timeliness of updates and number of hits

Establish Benchmarks

 

 

G. Clark

New Goal

Columns with bold headings are required.

^ This can be used for tracking progress. A common legend to use: A (ahead of schedule), B (behind schedule), O (on schedule), C (complete), H (on hold), D (dropped)

‡ These columns must be filled in when plan is submitted for the Total Quality Award.         * Who is responsible for this activity?

 

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