Mayor’s Memo and Strategic Plan

Resources: City of Kelsey, Stakeholder Power Base, and Growth in the City of Kelsey documents.

Throughout this course, you have prepared to build a stakeholder power base to implement new policies, such as tax increases and water conservation methods, as part of the water sustainability plan. You have taken on the role of various city leaders, such as acting as the city’s Council members, and provided important leadership considerations for the mayor in preparing to implement the plan.

In the final assignment, you build on your previous experiences. You will create a memo from the mayor to the government stakeholders and the city’s municipal structure to communicate the importance of a strategic plan to implement changes. Once you write the memo, you will create the strategic plan, which will outline how you intend to develop a stakeholder power base.

Create a 350- to 700-word memo from the mayor to the city’s municipal structure, emphasizing the need to have a strategic plan in place to ensure that stakeholders are informed of the changes regarding the city’s water management. Incorporate information from previous assignments.

Address the memo to the city’s municipal structure.
Explain strategic planning and its importance to implement changes for the best interest of all stakeholders.

Create a 700- to 1,050-word strategic plan to develop the stakeholder power base to meet the city’s needs.

Identify the appropriate stakeholders.
Describe potential barriers that may come up when building a stakeholder power base.
Determine which leadership theories should be applied to mitigate issues and develop the stakeholder power base.
Describe techniques to overcome potential group behavior issues that may arise as the plan is implemented.
Describepoor leadership communication behaviors that could reduce the plan’s effectiveness and how to avoid them.
Explain how power and politics may be used to help ensure that everything progresses according to plan.
Include how the mayor may leverage the municipal structure to maximize power and encourage stakeholder buy-in.

Format your work according to APA guidelines and include at least ten scholarly references to the paper that can include your textbooks. Do not forget to cite and reference Kelsey internal documents as needed!