Strategic Planning

Introduction

Strategic planning determines where an organisation is going over the next few years or more, how it’s going to get there and how it’ll know if it got there or not. The focus of a strategic plan is usually on the entire organization, while the focus of a business plan is usually on a particular product, service or program.

There are a variety of perspectives, models and approaches used in strategic planning. The way that a strategic plan is developed depends on the nature of the organisation’s leadership, culture of the organization, complexity of the organization’s environment, size of the organization, expertise of planners, etc. For example, there are a variety of strategic planning models, including goals-based, issues-based, organic, scenario, etc. Some plans are scoped to three years, and some to five to ten years into the future.

Development of the strategic plan greatly helps to clarify the organisation’s plans and ensure that key leaders are all “on the same script”. Far more important than the strategic plan document, is the strategic planning process itself.

Also, in addition to the size of the organisation, differences in how organisations carry out the planning activities are more of a matter of the nature of the participants in the organisation — than its for-profit/non-profit status.

Trainer Profile

Moheeb Abualqumboznull

  • 12 years’ experience in Management Learning
  • Lecturer of Corporate Strategy at Leeds Beckett University
  • International qualified trainer
  • Harvard Manage-Mentor Package Diploma
  • Capacity Building and Strategy Consultant
  • Project Management Consultant

Course outlines

Day One

  • What is Strategic Planning
  • Benefits of Strategic Planning
  • Types of Planning
  • Strategic planning
  • Business planning
  • Project planning
  • Program planning
  • Municipal planning
  • Planning as a profession
  • Professional “planners”
  • Planning functions in other professions

Strategic Planning Models

  • Basic Strategic Planning
  • Issue-Based or Goals-Based Strategic Planning
  • Alignment Model
  • Scenario Planning
  • Organic (or Self-Organizing) Planning

Day Two

Strategic Planning Process

  • Developing the Plan
  • Mission
  • Vision
  • Values
  • Strategic Analysis

Strategic Planning Tools & Techniques

  • 4-D model: Discover, Dream, Design and Destiny
  • Open Space Technology
  • Public Consultation
  • Public Meeting
  • Focus Groups
  • Website feedback
  • Research

Day Three

  • Develop Action Plan and Financial Plans
  • Developing action plans
  • Finalise action plans – integration and reality checks
  • Develop performance plans and staffing plans
  • Develop operating budget