Course Detail

COURSE OUTLINE:

DAY 1: The New Transformations and Their Reflection on The Administrative Environment:

1. Challenges facing contemporary organizations.
2. The importance of facing the challenges of the future.
3. The reality of management practices in business institutions.
4. The ways to look ahead
5. The factors of differentiation between the methods of looking ahead.

DAY 2: Advanced Scientific Trends for The Future

1. The basic concepts of the science of future studies and its relationship with the strategic leader.
2. The scientific dimensions and practical methodology of the patterns and methods of the science of future studies.
3. The constraints to predict the future and how to confront them.
4. Building future scenarios and using them in the formulation of different strategies.
5. An example of an application to build a model for future studies.

DAY 3: Strategic Thinking - Basic Introductions (1/2)

1. The Strategic Thinking (Modern Trends).
2. The official degree in strategic management.
3. Strategic Management Objectives.
4. Strategic Management Steps (Design Phase - Implementation Phase - Evaluation Phase).
5. Strategic management levels.

DAY 4: Strategic Thinking - Basic Introductions (2/2)

1. Who are the strategic managers?
2. The basic skills of the strategic manager.
3. Strategic Leader and Senior Management Values.
4. The characteristics of strategic decisions.
5. The strategic challenges with some Practical cases.

DAY 5: The Message of the Organisation

1. The factors which affect the message.
2. The difference between the message and the vision.
3. The message properties.
4. Preparing the organization's message.
5. The benefits of having a message.

DAY 6: Analysis of The External Environment and Competitive Performance Matrix (CPM)

1. The definition of external environment evaluation.
2. External Environment Review Framework.
3. The basic sources of environmental information.
4. The analysis and characterization of the environment.
5. Competitive Performance Matrix (CPM).

DAY 7: The Analysis of The Internal Environment

1. The key environmental variables.
2. The importance of studying and evaluating the internal environment.
3. Internal factors to be studied and analysed.
4. SWOT analysis.
5. Considerations to be taken into account in the internal review process.

DAY 8: Analysis of Competitive Position and Strategic Leader

1. Porter Strategies.
2. Differentiation between strategy alternatives.
3. An integrated model of strategic alternatives.
4. Shell Group Model.
5. General Electric Matrix.

DAY 9: Applying and Reviewing The Strategy

1. The importance of the strategy implementation process.
2. Requirements for implementing the strategy.
3. McPantry Framework for Effective Strategy Implementation.
4. BSS Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Execution.
5. Steps of the strategy review process.

DAY 10: Guidelines for Developing Strategic Practices

1. The nature of strategic decisions.
2. Globalization and strategic success.
3. Applying Six Sigma concepts on the strategic leader.
4. A practical laboratory on the strategic leader.
5. Setting the future vision.

PLACE:                      London (UK)

VENUE (TBC):          INDUSTRIOUS (Hammersmith, LONDON)

LANGUAGE:            Arabic/English