Fundamentals of Strategic Planning

Improve your knowledge of strategic planning to understand what senior management is thinking and why—and increase your value to your organization!

Here’s an overview of strategic planning for those not directly involved in the planning process, but who want to understand the impact of strategy on their work and their organization’s success. Gain a perspective and vocabulary for strategic planning to help you actively and constructively support your firm’s strategic direction.

Seminar Number: 02565

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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.

Classroom2 Day(s)
1.2 CEU, 14 CPE, 12 CPU, 12 PDCs, 12 PDU, 12 PHR, 12 SPHR

Overview
How You Will Benefit
What You Will Cover
Outline - Classroom
Credits

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 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

Learning Objectives

Define Strategic Planning and Strategy
Articulate Five Essential Strategy Decisions That Drive Strategy Formation and Implementation in an Organization
Describe How Strategy Cascades Throughout an Organization
Link Your Specific Role to the Organizational Strategy and to the Actions Required to Implement the Strategic Plan

What Is Strategic Planning?

Define Strategic Planning and Strategy
Identify Five Key Questions for Organizational Success
Recognize a Generic Process for Strategy Formation
Determine Key Stakeholders
Describe How Strategy Permeates the Organization

Why Organizations Create Strategy

Recognize the Grand Design Within the Organization
Explain the Significance of the Environments Affecting the Organization
Discuss Growth and Profit Strategies
Describe Various Market Segmentations
Identify How Organizations Create Value for Their Customers and Stakeholders
Express How an Organization Decides It Value Proposition
State Why It Is Important to Link Your Actions to Strategy

The Strategic Planning Process in Action

Identify the Five Stages of a Classic Strategic Planning Framework
Describe How Strategy Works in an Organization
Articulate the Highlights and Time Requirements of the Process
Recognize Your Role in Your Organization’s Strategic Plans

Assessing the Environment

Identify Strategic Patterns in the Environment
Explain and Anticipate Patterns
Express Why Assessing the Environment Is Important
Describe Six Tools/Techniques for Conducting External and Internal Assessments

Three Ds of Strategy—Discussions, Decisions and Development

Review Key Stages of the Strategic Planning Process
Describe How SWOTs, Core Competencies and Critical Success Factors Are Incorporated into the Strategic Discussions
Appreciate the Rationale Behind Strategic Decisions

Implementing and Reviewing Strategy

Discuss Strategic Alignment and What It Means to an Organization
Identify the Ways an Organization Creates Strategic Alignment
Develop a Series of Questions to Facilitate Strategic Conversations
Recognize Accountability Systems
Identify Reward and Recognition Incentives for Success
Express Why, When and How Often Strategy Should Be Reviewed

Alternative Approaches to Create Strategy

Identify Seven Strategic Planning Approaches
Discuss Which Approach Would Best Fit Your Organization

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As a CAE Approved Provider educational program related to the CAE exam content outline, this program may be applied for 12 credits toward your CAE application or renewal professional development requirements.

American Management Association (AMA) is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). AMA complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, AMA is authorized to issue the IACET CEU.

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AMA has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Talent Triangle PDUs

[S&B] 12

AMA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM.

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Recommended CPE Credit: 14 hours/Basic
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group Live
Field of Study: Technical – Management Services

Classroom Schedule

7 Sessions Available

$2,445.00 Non Members
$2,195.00 AMA Members
$1,984.00 GSA

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Date	Duration	State	City	Zip
2019-05-30 2019-05-31 May 30, 2019 - May 31, 2019	2 Days	IL	Chicago	60601 Chicago	Register Now
2019-06-10 2019-06-11 Jun 10, 2019 - Jun 11, 2019	2 Days	TX	Dallas	75001-3505 Dallas	Register Now
2019-08-22 2019-08-23 Aug 22, 2019 - Aug 23, 2019	2 Days	DC	Arlington/Washington	22202-4807 Arlington/Washington	Register Now
2019-09-05 2019-09-06 Sep 5, 2019 - Sep 6, 2019	2 Days	CA	San Francisco	94103-3156 San Francisco	Register Now
2019-10-14 2019-10-15 Oct 14, 2019 - Oct 15, 2019	2 Days	NY	New York	10019 New York	Register Now
2019-11-04 2019-11-05 Nov 4, 2019 - Nov 5, 2019	2 Days	IL	Chicago	60601 Chicago	Register Now
2019-12-16 2019-12-17 Dec 16, 2019 - Dec 17, 2019	2 Days	GA	Atlanta	30309-7705 Atlanta	Register Now

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