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The  complication and  execution of few years  of economic, social  and cultural development  plans  is one  of the  ways  shorten  the  gap  between developed   and   developing   countries.   This   essay   surveys    the   Forth Development Plan  of Iran, which  was submitted by The Management and Planning  Organization, from  the  viewpoint of strategic  management and its  role  in  achieving  the  target  objectives  in  the  next  20  years.  It  also evaluates  the plan's  success  and  its potentiality in responding to the target objectives   from   the   scientific   viewpoint   that   governs    the   strategic planning.
In this essay the Forth Development Plan is compared to the Third one,
and  to the  "first  report"  of the great evaluation  of science  and technology approved    by   the   Supreme    Council    of  Cultural    Revolution.   It   also considers  the  plan's   practicality  specially   in  relation   to  the   scientific theories. This essay tries to answer  questions  such as:
1.  Is this plan based on scientific principles of strategic planning?
2. ls this plan a continuation of the previous  one?
3.  Can it  form a foundation for the next 20 years objectives?
4. ls   it   in   harmony   with   the  great   policies   concerning  scientific   and technological  developments?
5. ls it based on reality?
6. Can   it   claim   to  be  successful   111     developing  all   the   developmental aspects  of the country?