Abstract
This study explored the strategic planning practices and tried to understand the link between strategic planning practices, institutional context, and performance in the regional government-owned banks in Indonesia. This study employed a qualitative research method for a framework in this study. Exploring the link between the variables of strategic planning dimensions, institutional context, and performance such as growth in asset and ROI will improve the understanding of the fundamental characteristics of successful strategic planning practices. The method of data collection used in-dept semistructured interviews of both head and staff of planning department and non planning members in their institution. The Three banks were selected due to commitment in strategic planning and having high performance. The findings gave researcher an understanding relating to steps, processes of planning practices, corporate culture, types of decision making in the organization, organizational structures, and performance at each of three government regional-owned banks. This study findings also provides insight into the influence of corporate culture and types of decision making in developing institutional context to enable effective strategic planning.
