ELSAMMANAGEMENTCONSULTANTS
www.elsamconsult.com
COURSE OUTLINE FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING USING
BALANCED SCORECARD FRAMEWORK
Venue:
Bagamoyo Sea Breeze Hotel, Bagamoyo
Dates:
3rd – 7th February, 2014
Award:
Certificate of Competence
Fees:
TZS. 750,000 (USD 600) per person
Target Audience: The workshop is an excellent
opportunity
for
Accountants, Policy and Planning Professionals, Consultants, Executive, division
leaders and other senior managers involved in formation and implementation of
strategic planning.
It is suitable to everyone who intends to shape the
implementation of strategic direction of an organization.
Course Overview
Strategic planning is a direction where team, department or organization needs to go,
starting where it is and moving to where it wants to get to. This course takes you right
through the strategic planning process with helpful tools, techniques and ideas for every
stage to enhance strategic skills. The course is designed to combine proven-by-practice
methods with new insight and ideas from a wide range of current strategic thinking.
This workshop is designed to provide participants with current understanding of strategic
planning and knowing how to effectively analyze and apply knowledge for effective strategic
planning skills. It provides comprehensive understanding of strategic planning. Participants
will develop a practical understanding of organization strategic planning. It brings together
various models for strategic planning such as Balanced Scorecard, RBM Framework and
Management by Objectives (MBO) for effective delivery of a corporate strategy
By the end of the strategic planning training course participants will be confident in
differentiating strategic from business planning. You will recognize the importance and value
of detailed analysis and have experience in using a variety of tools and techniques. You will
have an appreciation of the relationship between organization’s vision and mission and its
future and will have applied this thinking to your own organization. You will have a clear
understanding of monitoring and evaluation, and will have improved your strategic thinking
skills.
Course Methodology
The Workshop will be conducted through lectures, class discussions, group case studies and
video presentations. The details of topic covered are shown here under. The methodology
built in this workshop will help participants to understand and develop strategic planning skills
and to apply what they have learned on a real-life work environment enabling organizations
to obtain value for money.
Strategic Planning Tools
Participants will take home strategic planning tools. This is a collection of several check list,
forms, graphs, sample of strategic planning workbook and handouts using Balanced
Scorecard Framework. The tools will be used extensively during the workshop to give
participants enough practice during the workshop.
ELSAM MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
EMAC
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Course Outline
Day 1
Overview of Strategic
Planning
Meaning of Strategic Planning
Objectives of Strategic Planning
Success Criteria to apply Strategic Planning
Applying “SMART” Strategic Planning skills and using
outcome based tools.
Strategic, Operational and tactical plans using Balanced
Scorecard (BSC), Result Based Management ( RBM) and
Management by Objectives (MBO)
Elements of a Strategic Plan; Themes, Strategy house,
enablers and challenges, Clarifying mission, vision,
values and direction of travel
Business Strategy model and Stakeholders engagement
Understanding “where are we now?”, stakeholders
research, collaborator/competitor analysis, use of Tools
such as SWOC, PESTLE, Porters Five Forces Analysis
and the Boston Consulting Group matrix to understand
the organisation and its environment
Understanding the relationship between outputs,
outcomes and impact
Video Case presentation
Case Analysis-Part I
Oview on Implementing
the Strategies
Understanding the key factors involved in impementing
the strategy, success criteria, developing objectives and
outcome based tools
Using action planning tools as logical frame working
action planning grids and planning wheels.
Communicating your strategic planning
Describe how to create vision in the organization
Describe how to create a plan for accountability
Describe how a leader builds commitment through the
execution process.
Identyfy ways to allign the organization toward a single
purpose.
Determine frame work of reference of strategic planning
concepts.
The evolution of strategy
Video Case Study
Case Analysis-Part II
Day 2
Strategic Planning
Process
Understand the basic elements of strategic planning
Developing and managing the strategy formation
process
Understand the Organization Values
Understand the Organization mission and creat the
mission statement for the organization
Understanding the Internal Environment
Understand how to become higher perfomong
organization
Understand financial element of developing strategy
Understand the effective monitoring and evaluation
Understanding the difference between monitoring,
evaluation and impact assessment
Identifies the indicators and how to measure the
strategic planning achievement
Video Case Study
Case Study – Part I
Day 3
Techniques for Strategic
Planning
Identify strategic planning issues inorder to develop a
unique competitive advantage.
Allign the organization with strategic planning goals by
integrating strategy, objectives, metrics and
perfomance.
Identify envolving strategic patterns and genarate ideas
on how they can be applied in the organization.
Assessing the benefits and risks of strategic planning
Prepare the planning process including developing a
project plan, identifying your stake holders.
Developing effective monitoring and evaluation
Understanding emerging approaches to monitoring and
evaluation such as participatory, real-time and balanced
scorecard
Culture Orientation and ethics enforcement
Case Study – Part II
Day 4
Exercises- Step by step strategic planning process
Techniquest and tips for strategic management
Balanced Scorecard approach to Strategic Planning
Detailed step by step strategy building for corporate x
Cascading of strategy to tier 2 and 3
Action plan
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The Fees includes the costs for the Venue, stationeries and light refreshments during
the training session.
Accommodation can be arranged for participants by our administration team whenever
necessary. Customer satisfaction is our motto. Call +255 784 405 108 to arrange for
accommodation within your budget.
Special discounts can be offered for large groups of 5 or more people
The fees are payable directly to our bank accounts
The workshop is limited to 15 participants on first come first served basis
A participant on EMAC courses undertakes to attend the full course
Attendance on EMAC Courses is conditional on receipt of full of the course fee prior to
start of the course
Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by post or mail and is limited to 10
days prior to the start of the course. No refunds of the fee will be made but the money
will be used to cover costs of other training by the participant in the future.
For any other information contact us by the address below or email
info@elsamconsult.com ; website: http://www.elsamconsult.com