For the individual, planning is very important as it saves a lot of time and stress. However, through strategic planning you can take a “systematic advantage of your environment and forestall your threats”(Woods & Joyce, 2003). A business plan, on the other hand is a product in itself, which you try to sell it to your investor so that he may fund your start up or future growth. ( Kubr &et.al, 1998)
For this very purpose, (Latham, 2003) suggests “Goal Setting”, which is useful for both long and short term milestones. As long as the goal is based on the SMART analysis: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and have a time-frame and you are committed to your goal, the probability of success is higher.
This article focuses on the “super- ordinate goal from both the individual and the organization as a whole process.
Every individual has some idea about where he wants to reach in his/her life, best known as “self-actualization”. Self actualization describes a desire or motivation to achieve budding ambitions and this desire leads to the visualizing of the super-ordinate goal. For instance, for most international students funding their studies is a very difficult task, especially when it’s a full time study. However, most of them are capable of handing not only their studies but also have two part time jobs. It’s because they have a super-ordinate goal in their minds, for instance to become successful or to have a better job to earn for their family back home.

For the organization, the super ordinate goal and planning plays a greater role, as in the case of PT Timah. The organization suffered from “bad pain”, even after they went through a rigorous restructuring of the organization. (MCallaster, 2004)
Dr. Kuntoro was the role model for a leader, he understood that the organization lacked “shared values: Vision, Mission and Values” according to the McKinsey 7’s Model. Once that was established in a super-ordinate goal, in the PT Timah case the (3K): togetherness, openness, cleanliness, enforced in the corporate values (PTPRS): trust, open, positive, rational, cost consciousness; the whole organization worked towards achieving it.
References
Articles
Latham, G.P. (2003) “Goal Setting: A Five-step Approach to Behavior Change”. Organizational Dynamics. Vol 32, no 3, 309-318.
MCallaster, C.M. (2004) “The 5 P’s of Change. Leading Change by Effectively Utilizing Leverage Points within an Organization”. Organizational Dynamics. Vol 33, no 3, 318-328.
Kubr & et.al. (1998) “Starting up Achieving success with professional business planning”.

Seminar
Ancok, Djamaludin (2008) Restructuring of PT Timah. Case study, prepared for JIBS
seminar on organizing and leading change.
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Dr Djamaludin Ancok, “Vision to Action” presentation.

Website
Self actualization, Retrieved December 1st, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_actualization