Scientific Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Business economics - Organization, , language: English, abstract: The topic of strategic planning is an enormously important field of research for science and business for content and thematic reasons. This makes further consideration of strategic planning useful. In terms of content, strategic planning and its instruments are important for the long-term success of the company, as outlined above.From a thematic point of view, the orderly and targeted discussion and critical consideration of the selected common instruments/methods to support the tasks of strategic planning is another scientific and meaningful contribution/discourse. Here, the appropriateness/limitation of the instruments for supporting the strategic tasks is discussed by presenting the instruments for the tasks and examining them for strengths and weaknesses.