Advanced Planning & Strategic Management
Executive Leadership and Management of Organisations
Course Overview
This 2 week Advanced Strategic Management course is designed for individuals in advanced management positions who participate in organisational planning and/or who want to become more competitive on a personal or company/organisation level.
Course Objectives
- Strategic planning tools
- Roadmaps to develop strategic planning
- Financial planning
- Effective implementation
Course Outline
Formulating Strategy to Achieve Vision
- Agree vision, mission, culture and values of organisation
- Analyse where organisation is now
- Decide where the organisation wants to be, and by when
- Selecting best strategic options to get there
Structures, Processes and Procedures
- Budget creation, monitoring and control
- Costing techniques and margin management
- Resource allocation and balancing priorities
- Creating systems to monitor effectiveness of implementation
Measurement and Reporting
- Setting long-term goals and manageable short-term targets
- Building contingencies into the strategy
- Measuring at clearly-defined milestones
- Reporting and incorporating feed-back
Stakeholder Identification
- Identify who affects or is affected by proposed strategy (stakeholders)
- Encourage stakeholder ownership through involvement in strategy creation
- Clarify benefits and implications for each group of stakeholders
- Turn resistance into support
Systematic Strategic Communication
- Two-way communication for stakeholders to inform and be informed
- Clear, concise and relevant messages from the best messenger
- Identify and use a variety of methods and channels
- Gain commitment through frequency of communication
Leadership and Strategic Decision-Making
- Importance of leadership in implementing successful strategies
- High-profile leadership which inspires and motivates
- Decisive, speedy and consistent decision-making
- Persistent follow-through on all decisions to produce results
Risk and Crisis Management
- Identify all risks, evaluate potential impact and mitigate accordingly
- Incorporate strategic flexibility to respond to internal and external changes and pressures
- Prevent issues becoming risks then turning into crises
- Create, practise and be prepared to implement crisis plans
Prevent Failure of Strategies
- Recruit and retain people with appropriate skills, experience and track record
- Clarify and communicate roles and responsibilities
- Encourage creative problem-solving and constructive conflict resolution
- Promote unity within teams and harmony between teams
Skills for Success
- Communication, including: presentations, meetings, oral, listening, body language and written
- Delegation to increase productivity
- Negotiation and influencing skills for a win-win for all
- Time management for minimum effort to produce maximum results

Study Online
$250.00
1 Week Face to Face Classes
$2500.00
2 Week Face to Face Classes
$3200.00
Course Features
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