Strategic Planning school training courses in El Paso, TX (public, in-house or online)

Introduction to Strategic Planning
This session provides an introduction to small business success and
the phases of small business maturity. It discusses the importance
of effective management skills and strategic planning. This session
stresses the causes that keep business owners from achieving
success. The integral parts in developing a strategic plan are
introduced. (4 hours)
Building a Strategic Plan
This session reviews the importance of strategic planning. It focu...

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Strategic planning is hard for people in IT and IT Security because we spend so much time responding and reacting. Some of us have been exposed to a SWOT or something similar in an MBA course, but we almost never get to practice until we get promoted to a senior position, and then we are not equipped with the skills we need to run with the pack.

In this course you will learn the entire strategic planning process: what it is and how to do it; what lends itself to virtual teams, and what ne...

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Hoshin Kanri: Visual Strategic Planning Management’s top priorities are planning and ensuring that everyone is working on the organization’s key business objectives. Hoshin Kanri is a tool that helps management successfully realize these top priorities. This methodology is one of the most powerful planning tools available to organizations today, allowing for breakthrough innovations and continuous improvement. It provides a method for creating a comprehensive communication system betwe...

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After completing this course, you will be able to:

Focus your strategic planning process on the most crucial areas of your business
Coordinate the six critical elements of strategic planning and govern them effectively
Design an annual business plan designed to meet your short-term goals
Develop a simple, realistic long-term (three to five years) planning process
Understand the difference between planning and budgeting
Utilize worksheets and sample rate calculations
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This capstone course integrates concepts from all prior courses in the program. Students apply the concepts of strategic planning and implementation to create sustainable, competitive advantage for an organization. Other topics include environmental scanning, strategic analysis, corporate social responsibility, implementation, evaluation, and risk management.
Topics and Objectives
Mission, Vision, and Values
Identify major components of a strategic management process.
Define organi...

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