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Strategic planning or the overall game plan has a 3-5 year time horizon. To compare with the other two (corporate and business strategy), see the following explanations:
- Corporate strategy takes place at the highest levels of the organization
- Business strategy attempts to achieve and maintain competitive advantages in specific product-market domains
- Strategic Planning ensures that all members of an organization are working towards the same goal.
This course will help you get a grasp of how to turn your strategic plan into an action plan, measure results with proper KPIs and avoid common problems which managers face.
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Agenda:
- Understanding the fundamentals of strategic planning
- The four phases of the strategic change process
- Differences in strategies between small, medium & large companies
- How to develop a “vision”
- How to gain buy-in for your vision from both upper management and front-line employees
- How to define, analyze and target your market
- How to put together a strategic planning team
- Developing an accountability system to keep things moving
- How to turn your strategic plan into an action plan
- Problems to avoid when developing your action plan
- Linking your strategic planning process to your budgeting process
- Communication tools every manager should us
- Measuring results to ensure your plan is working
- Creating an accountability cycle and setting up accountability meetings
Course format: Multimedia presentation on the topic, combined with a diverse set of practical examples from the lecturer's practice and different companies. Discussion on the topics and individual cases from participants, as well as practical exercises.
Length: one or two days.
How we offer the course: The course is offered both in a public format (everyone can attend) and as an inhouse course. The content can be customized to suit your company's needs.
Certificate: Symix APICS Premier Channel Partner issues a certificate for completion of the course.
Type: Non-certification course. Students do not take an exam for APICS certification.
Working language: English. Translation and translated materials can be delivered on demand.
Instructor: the training is led by an instructor, certified by APCIS.