Subm 1 planning tools and megatrends env and sust megatrends 170228

Sub-module 1

Planning tools and megatrends

Module: Environment and sustainability related megatrends and risks

The objectives of this submodule •

To discuss and to analyze the existing approaches towards the plans and the planning process • To comprehend the limits of incremental and normative planning • To identify the role of megatrends in the strategic planning processes

Questions leading to “AHA” principle (“new, exciting, moving””)

Before you start this sub-module, please answer to yourself the following questions: i)

Think about how your Country prepare the long term plans? Can you thing about the process of long term planning? ii) List at least 5 areas where you expect long – term changes in your country. iii) In your opinion, what is missing in those long-term plans? iv) Think about yourself: how important for you personally is the long term approach? v) How about the European Union? How EU strategies and plans influence on your Country’s long term plans?

Questions leading to “AHA� principle (new, exciting, moving)

After you finished this sub-module, please answer to yourself the following questions: i) How much of incremental planning you observe in your Country? ii) How much of normative planning you observe in your Country?

Thank you and good luck!

Instructor of the module: Ass. Prof. Gintaras Labutis Military Academy of Lithuania