Strategic Thinking

Course details

You have created an exciting vision for your organization, but you now have to make this a reality. Like any good film, you must have a strong plot and be able to focus clearly on defining your ideal outcome - your happy ending!

This course will help you not only to break down key issues into their distinct parts, but also to develop that powerful business plot with the imagination and innovative flair of a great film director.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the importance of defining their mission, vision, and goals
• Focus on the criteria needed to help make their vision a reality
• Identify the links between high-level strategy and the daily task and choices made in pursuit of their ideal outcome

Course Outline:

• What is Strategic Thinking & How Can It Help the Organization?
• Setting Missions, Visions and Goals
• Preparing a Business Plan
• Managing Change Within the Organization
• Making the Most of Creativity in the Workplace
• Identifying & Utilizing Driving Forces Within the Business
• Understanding the Current Marketplace Techniques for Exploring Your Current Position

1. GE Grid
2. SWOT and Gap Analysis
3. Porter’s Five Forces

• Implementing Your Good Ideas: What are the Issues?
• How to measure the benefits: Has it been Worthwhile?