The NZDF Strategic Plan outlines the pathways the NZDF has chosen towards its joint vision of being a resilient, disciplined and professional military organisation. The NZDF Strategic Plan provides guidance for all subordinate strategic planning and for annual planning and budgeting. It is a core component within the wider architecture of the Defence Planning Framework.
The NZDF Strategic Plan provides, through the NZDF Performance Management Framework, the measurement dimension [via the NZDF Balanced Scorecard (BSC)] for corporate level reporting of progress against strategic objectives. In the shorter-term the strategic objectives are supported by annually updated strategic initiatives. The following information on the NZDF Strategic Plan is supported by and should be read in conjunction with the NZDF Strategy Map diagram.
The NZDF strategy to achieve its mission and to continually grow towards its vision will be effected through the three Strategic Themes of The Agile Force - Operationally Effective, Valued Partner - Organisational Capacity, and Resource Efficiency. All NZDF activities and projects will be aligned with these three broad strategic themes and are aimed at, ultimately, “mission success”. These themes should be seen as the Agile Force as the main central theme supported equally by the other two themes - Valued Partner and Resource Efficiency - as portrayed in the Strategy Map.
The Agile Force is about being Operationally Effective. Operational Effectiveness links the objectives that will allow us to deliver the agility and organisational resilience for operational success. We must also remain agile in everything we do. The Valued Partner theme reflects the need for the NZDF to retain the trust and confidence of our partners and stakeholders. Resource Efficiency is about being the best at what we do by being selective and optimising how we use our resources. Through integration and synergy across the organisation we will release additional capacity for mission success.
The collection of strategic themes articulates how the NZDF will work together to deliver maximum value. In effect, the strategic themes provide the ‘glue’ that links together the separate objectives and initiatives of the organisation to deliver the synergies of the whole – three Services as One Force delivering the Joint Effect (the ability to contribute air, land and/or sea capabilities to military operations that are relevant to New Zealand’s national interests and security strategy).
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