What do organizations typically spend for strategic planning and
long-range thinking per year or per every 5 years? We are looking for
benchmark data for appropriate levels of investment in strategic
planning.

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Clarification of Question by bristollisa-ga on 18 Jul 2002 06:56 PDT

I am primarily interested in information from successuful
organizations in the healthcare industry and non-profit world.

This questions is highly dependent on the industry.  The industry that
I worked for (infrastructure) was very wise in investments, and
generally spent no more than 10% of total project budget on strategic
planning.  A typical range was 5-10%.

claudietta