An overview of the strategic planning process -- An introduction to the strategic planning process (SPP) -- Contemporary issues in the strategic planning process -- External strategic audit -- Internal strategic audit -- Strategic options-corporate level -- Strategic choice options-business and functional levels -- Implementation, evaluation, and control -- Implementing strategies in the business and functional levels -- Evaluation and control in strategic planning -- The strategic planning process for the nonprofit sector -- A strategic planning process (SPP) model for the nonprofit sector -- Strategic marketing for the public and the nonprofit sectors -- The global environment -- A framework of global strategic planning -- Doing business with newly emerging market (NEM) economies.