Fundamentals of Strategic Planning

How You Will Benefit

• Understand what strategy and strategic planning mean to an organization
• Learn key concepts and the language used by those involved in strategic planning
• Discover various approaches companies use to develop strategy
• Find out how strategy moves from concept through implementation to realization
• Recognize techniques companies use to assess their current and future environments
• Identify specific ways you can contribute to your organization’s strategic success

What You Will Cover

• What strategy and strategic planning really mean
• How strategy creates value for customers and stakeholders
• How companies develop strategy: seven strategic planning processes
• The strategic planning process in action: five stages of a classic approach
• Assessing the environments
• Three Ds of strategy: discussion, decision, development
• Implementing strategy: how strategy cascades through the organization

Who Should Attend
Managers and supervisors who want to expand their strategic planning skills and management perspective…and anyone who must communicate with managers and leaders involved in the creation and implementation of strategy.

Cancellation:

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