Action Planning
Country groups
- Planning agenda (4-7 topics) on flip chart
- Prioritize 2 topics
- Draft a work plan for each priority topic
Topic groups (cross-country)
- Review/suggest improvements to plans
- Identify areas of mutual interest
- Plan virtual support mechanism
- Complete one form per group
Country groups
- Refine work plans using suggestions from topic groups (hand in 3:45 for copying)
Action planning principles:
Do-able
- Within available resource limitations
- Linked to/building on existing work or plans
Ideas for work plan sample:
Topic: Strategic HR plan
Agenda item: improving planning process
Expected output: lessons for planning process
Steps:
- Identify selection of HR-related plans (e.g., 5-year training plan, deployment strategy, nursing division annual work plan)
- Identify reporting (if any) on each plan to identify progress/gaps
- Contact key persons to identify key factors determining success/failure
- Prepare brief note of lessons to be learned; dissemination to planning team
Introducing idea to country:
Mary K to explain at next management meeting with PS; Lucas H to explain to HR task force at first meeting from preparation of strategic plan
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