The two questions for this first week MUST be addressed in their respective discussion thread to receive the full points. This is question one of two for the week and you are to post only the answers to the first question (that follows) as a reply to this posting. Strategic planning is a process that helps an organization allocate its resources to capitalize on opportunities in the marketplace. Those opportunities and challenges come from both internal and external forces such as the depicted in the following graphic provided by Lumen (n.d.): Let's first look at a fictitious example of strategic decision making typical of those HR professionals face and then you will have the chance to demonstrate your knowledge informed partially by the seeks reading material: 1. Example: The fictitious company has an organizational objective to implement new technologies to streamline various processes. HR notices a trend toward applicants with excellent customer service skills but without the technical skills that align with this organizational goal. Given this information, HR might inform senior management of this gap in skills an offer the strategic solution to hire these candidates, but also provide them with technical training to give them the skills necessary