An Introduction to the Role of Strategic Planning in the National Perspective Plan (Case Study: Islamic Republic of Iran Outlook Plan for 2025)

Studying failure of the strategy of firms and countries shows that some strategies havent been designed appropriately for strategic planning and havent been comprehensive enough and full attention to the dynamic environmental conditions (national and international) hasnt been paid and this causes them to fail and the failure to be implemented. Since there are obvious differences between strategic planning at the national and organizational levels, the article (research) as the prelude to the subject studies the issue of strategic planning for national perspective plan (considering and relying on Islamic Republic of Iran outlook plan for 2025) and tries to provide solutions to it. This article is background, developmental, and practical research and results of several strategic research projects at the national level. In this study, text analysis tools, Delphi panels, and meta-analysis methods are used and its statistical community is included by researchers, scholars, teachers, policymakers and strategic planners from Tehran Province. According to the results, strategic management plays major and effective role in the Perspective Plan that the role of strategic planning is noteworthy. For outlook plan for 2025, strategic planning process including general policymaking, quantitative and qualitative targeting, the analysis of national and international environment, preparing strategies and becoming into operational plans should be considered seriously and preemptive approaches and interaction in this field can be used. In strategic planning process, long-term, mid-term, and shortterm planning also sectoral and regional planning should be taken into consideration and necessary coordination are created between them. The definition of values, the mission of institutions and organizations, long-term goals, and five-year plans should be put on the agenda and propellants such as information technology (IT), demographic, cultural, and environmental developments process, energy resources, and regional and international arrangements and competitions should be used. And finally for the integrated and systematic management on the whole perspective process and the realization and implementation of strategic planning, the way for the establishment of the Center for Perspective Strategic Management should be prepared.