The course will help improve the business planning process and long-term organizational performance, through the use of strategic planning tools that will ultimately lead to smarter and quicker strategic decisions.
What This Course Is About
To be successful in the long-run, organizations need to define a mission and a vision, that can be cascaded down into SMART strategic and operational objectives, at all hierarchical levels. The course offers an algorithm on how this can be done, with a focus on creating strategies that are internally consistent and aligned for optimal performance. At the same time, the course offers tools for both internal and external environment scanning, that will allow companies to build strategies that are flexible and shock-absorbent, adapted to a business world that is rapidly changing. Last but not least, the course focuses on how departments can set their own strategies and action plans, that are ready-for-execution and support the overall corporate strategy.
The following topics are covered:
The following topics are covered:
- Build up a strategic mind-frame
- Understand key strategy planning concepts
- Use strategy planning tools, in individual and team exercises
- Reflect on the best practices in the field, through case studies and debates
Training Outcome
Key Business Benefits:
Key Personal Benefits:
- Understand the logic of strategy planning at every level of the organization;
- Become familiar with an easy-to-use toolkit for every step of the strategy planning process;
- Be ready to transfer the knowledge accumulated into their organization.
Key Personal Benefits:
- Receive structured knowledge, that can be transferred into all areas of their professional life
- Get access to a network of specialists, sharing business opportunities and innovative solutions to strategy planning dilemmas
- Receive a premium recognition as a Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional
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Training Agenda
Day 1
Key Concepts
- Strategy defined
- Pre-requisites of strategy planning
- Architecture of the strategy planning process
- Impact
- Mission
- Values
- Vision
- Long-term objectives
- Strategic (medium-term) objectives
- Operational (short-term) objectives
Day 2
Internal Environment Scanning
- Functional, structural and strategic approaches
- An algorithm for the strategic internal environment scan
- PESTEL Analysis
- Porter's 5 Forces Model
- SWOT Analysis
day 3
Business Planning
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- Cascading the strategy from the corporate level
- Business planning at department level
- Integrating departmental strategies and action plans within the corporate strategy
- Identifying KPIs for strategic objectives
- Setting targets for KPIs
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