Strategic Planning and Change Management

Course Content:

• Definition of Strategic planning.
• Importance of Strategic planning.
• Strategic thinking and future foresight.
• Strategic Analysis.
• Formulating Corporate Strategy.
• Developing strategic objectives.
• The impact of leadership competencies on company’s strategy.
• Forces in the Strategic Environment.
• The importance of planned and creative approaches to strategy development.
• The impact of perceptions on strategic choices.
• Developing a strategic roadmap.
• Strategic competences and skills.
• Challenges of strategy implementation.

• Definition of Change Management.
• Importance of Change Management.
• Why you need a Change Management Strategy.
• Getting suppliers to use a new web-based form and process.
• Relocating office spaces within an existing building.
• Implementing an ERP solution.
• Changes in senior leadership.
• Identify change characteristics.
• How to create a Change Management Strategy.
• Special tactics for anticipated resistance.
• Team structure and their roles.
• Project Risk Assessment.
• Analyzing financial reports for single and combined entities.
• How to implement and evaluate organizational strategies.
• Identify key concepts associated with all change plans and strategies.
• Use and understand change as a structured business process.
• Describe how change and development programs are implemented.
• Identifying obstacles and difficulties facing change and overcoming them.
• Equipping the non-project management professional with the strategic management and leadership competencies needed to effectively drive a project-based organization or business unit.
• How to make the best use of the acquired knowledge to contribute to effective change.
• How to promote change and make good use of it.
• Strategic Business Reporting.
• Understand the impact of change on organizations and how to make the most of the development process.
• Understand the requirements of the voice change process within the organization.
• The process of developing various strategies and the current vision of the organization.
• Focus on customer, market, and stakeholder needs.
• Continuous communication and reinforcement of vision and strategy.
• Responsibilities, resources, critical outcomes, and milestones identified and reported.
• Responsibilities, authority, and different methods of effective communication.
• Understanding, commitment, critical thinking, and opinions with all employees.
• Practical workshops and group discussions.