Location

Community Services & Continuing Education - Cairo

Objectives

• This training course has been designed to cover all the fundamentals needed for effective strategic planning. It is intended for those wanting to develop their strategic awareness and prepare them for career enhancement, as well as those wanting to refresh their strategic planning skills.This Fundamentals of Strategic Planning training course provides a range of recognised strategic analysis tools and techniques, considers the factors which help or hinder effective strategy implementation and recognises the importance of developing key leadership skills needed in strategic planning.

Outcomes

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to: Understand the importance of clear Vision, Mission and Values statements Be able to develop objectives for individuals and teams/departments feeding into corporate goals Be able to use strategic planning tools to develop strategic options Make use of key organisational procedures to enhance individual and organisational performance and deliver strategic objectives Develop key leadership skills such as motivation and interpersonal communications, for effective implementation of strategic plans

Course Contents

Lesson 1: Course Overview - Welcome & Introduction - Workshop Objectives - What is Strategic Planning?Lesson 2: Understanding Strategic Planning - What it Does - Pyramid StructureLesson 3: Identifying Our Values - Pre-Assignment Review - Creating Value StatementsLesson 4: Designing Our Vision - The Vision Process - Defining Your Vision Lesson 5: On a Mission - Defining Your Mission Statement - Designing a Mission StatementLesson 6: Performing a SWOT Analysis - What is a SWOT Analysis? - Individual Analyses Lesson 7: Setting Goals - Conducting SWOT Analysis -Setting Business Goals - Assigning Roles, Responsibilities, and Accountabilities - Problem Solving in ActionLesson 8: Assigning Roles, Responsibilities, and Accountabilities - Who Does What and When? - Establishing Priorities - Problem Solving in Action Lesson 9: The Full Picture Lesson 10: Strategic Planning Snapshot - The Strategic Planning Cycle - Gathering Support - Putting It Into Practice L