COURSE TITLE: STRATEGIC THINKING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING  

Venue: Arusha Spring Corridor Hotel, Tanzania

Learning Duration: 1 week

Starting: 03 Jun 2024 Ending: 08 Jun 2024

Fees for Foreigners: 700$

Fees for Locals: TZS 1,200,000

Payment Details: To cover tuition, training materials, lunch and refreshment

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Formulating strategy is no longer seen as an occasional planning exercise but rather a way of thinking that enable managers to see the bigger picture and choose actions to address the most important issues, aligned with the organization’s strategic goals and, where appropriate, challenge conventional thinking by offering fresh, creative ideas and plans. Equally important, once a strategy has been chosen, is the ability to implement it successfully in order to deliver results. Professional managers require the skills and competencies to think and act strategically, especially in a M&A context. The training course is designed to be very participative and is action-oriented. It will enable functional specialists and professionals from any part of the organization to take a broader view of their potential contribution to the performance of their company, division, business unit or team

TARGET AUDIENCE

The programme is designed for anyone playing a leadership or management role, or one who is about to take up such a role. It is valuable to those involved in developing or helping realize the company vision who wishes to update their knowledge by re-considering leading-edge thinking in the field of strategic thinking and strategic planning.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the programme, the participants will be able to:

• • • Think and analyse issues strategically;
    • Prepare and interpret strategic thinking tools including;
    • Conduct situation and stakeholder analysis strategically
    • Formulate strategic goal, vision, mission and strategic guiding principles
    • Set targets and Performance Indicators (KPI)
    • Put together a strategic plan

COURSE CONTENTS

• • • What are strategy and strategic thinking?
    • Difference between a good strategy and a bad one
    • Principles of strategic thinking
    • Analysis and Extrapolation of Problem, Theory of change and stakeholders
    • Analysis and Extrapolation of the Business Environment (PESTEL and SWOC)
    • Formulation of Vision, Mission, Values, and Strategic Objective
    • Prepare results framework, implementation, monitoring and evaluation plan
    • Putting together the strategic plan