Strategic Planning in Practice Training Course
This training course is tailored for investors, business owners, directors, managers, executives, and analysts who aim to develop strategic planning skills. It is not designed for academic purposes but to help you start realizing your dreams today.
This course focuses on strategic planning for businesses, highlighting the importance of flexibility and continuous learning. The main emphasis is on corporate and investment strategy, using current real-world examples. Each participant will have the opportunity to create a strategic plan and learn how to implement it in practice.
This course is available as onsite live training in Brazil or online live training.Course Outline
Strategic Planning Overview
- Strategic planning - why, when, and what for?
- When is strategic planning not desirable?
Strategic Analysis
Strategic Planning Levels
- Corporate Strategy
- SBU/ Business and Division Strategy
- Operational Strategy
Creating the Strategic Plan
- Vision
- Mission
- Values and behaviours
- Goals, tasks, and responsibilities
Methodologies
- Creating tasks using the SMART framework
Business Motivation Model
- Quick overview of the standard
- Software supporting Strategic Planning process
Strategy Implementation
- Information systems
- Assigning tasks
- Employee motivation
Strategic planning as an On-going Process
- Who should be responsible for strategic improvements?
- Using Business Motivation Model software to keep your strategy up to date
- How to relate your processes to your business plan
- Importance of Business Process Management (BPM)
- Balanced Scorecard and performance measurement
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Testimonials (3)
Very practical. Trainer was very flexible in ensuring we meet our needs.
Eric Guevarra
Course - Strategic Planning in Practice
Concepts are shown in such a way that they can be applied in real life scenarios. Due to the size of the class, the discussion was a bit more informal which resulted in a more fee-flowing and open discussion.
Cezar Canlas
Course - Strategic Planning in Practice
I liked the alistair's knowledge and presentation style.
yvette pranger
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