Abstract:
The aim of the research is to identify the role of strategic planning in the performance development, with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society taken as a model. The problem of research is that whether the strategic planning has a clear role in preventing the effects of disasters.
The researcher followed the analytical descriptive method to suit the nature of the research objectives so that the research community of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society, through which a random sample of 50 members of the society was selected to represent the research society. The data were collected and then processed by the statistical package (SPSS) for the purpose of ascertaining the hypotheses. It was based on the arithmetic mean and the T test to compare it with the accepted mean. The standard scores were calculated to obtain a standard ratio that accurately represents the direction of the sample responses
The Research Results:
The level of interest of the Red Crescent Society in strategic planning for disaster management was determined by 69.6%. There is a positive relationship between strategic planning and disaster risk minimized in Sudan. There is a positive relationship between strategic planning and awareness among the population in Sudan. Strategy in the programs and projects implemented by the Sudanese Red Crescent Society for planning or minimizing the negative effects of disasters, where the emphasis is placed in the strategic planning of the Red Crescent Society in two stages during and after the disaster and there is a certain lack of pre-disaster.
Through the course of the research we noted that there were other bodies such as ministries and government institutions and some international and national organizations have the largest role in disaster risk minimize in Sudan.
The Research Results:
One of the most important results is that, the Red Crescent Society as a voluntary association plays an important role in disaster risk minimizing through the development of strategic plans that are carried out despite fluctuating between the rise and fall from one branch to another in terms of time and place.
The Recommendations:
The most important of which is the emphasis on the importance of designing, evaluating, following up and implementing the strategy of the association for disaster management personnel, finding stable financial sources that fund the programs of the association, and creating a coordination network among the organizations that organize their work according to development priorities.
