Abstract:

Strategic planning started to be used widely after the Second World War. In the beginning it was used by the army, later business organizations used it. In 1970s, higher education institutions started to use the strategic planning as a planning approach. Public schools followed the higher education institutions and business organizations started to use the strategic planning for the purpose of planning their activities. Because of the nature of public school system, the use of strategic planning in education differs from other sectors. The purpose of this study is to find out problems associated with the strategic planning in the public schools. These problems may be grouped as theoretical, human resources, time management, judicial, and financial.