Description
Learn in a classroom environment with your peers, virtually, with an instructor online.
Course Length: 1 Day
Target Audience: Executives, board members, managers, supervisors and business owners
Discover the importance of strategic thinking and planning for your organization to be sustainable and for most to excel in the marketplace.
Learning Objectives:
To develop, strengthen and encourage strategic thinking and understand factors that build strategic alliances and partnerships:
- Know why a strategic plan is necessary.
- Learn the key steps in leading a strategic plan preparation.
- Understand how and why to use expert resource (internal and external).
- Understand the importance of individual and team effort in strategic planning
- Learn how to set realistic, achievable goals in building a strategic plan.
- Develop performance indicators.
- Apply Results-Based Management (RBM) in monitoring performance.
Course Content:
- Develop vision, mission, strategic objectives
- Conduct SWOT Analysis: Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
- Conduct Stakeholder Analysis (internal, external)
- Identify strategic issues and strategies
- Determine current objectives
- Understand Results-Based Management (RBM) concept and apply performance measurement.
Supplement Material
A student manual is available for the learner to follow during the instructor’s presentation.
Benefits to the participants
Throughout the activities, the learners will look at different elements to enhance their skills in strategic thinking and planning.
Course Evaluation
A course evaluation will be completed by the participants once the course is finished.
Note: The course outline may be subject to change.
