{"id":19972,"date":"2021-07-28T13:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T09:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueoceanacademy.com\/?page_id=19972"},"modified":"2021-07-28T13:07:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T09:07:55","slug":"strategic-thinking-planning-implementation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blueoceanacademy.com\/ar\/strategic-thinking-planning-implementation\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Thinking, Planning &#038; Implementation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Course Objective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand the importance of strategy to an organization.<\/li>\n<li>Identify the factors, which influence strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Link the strategy with an organization\u2019s overall objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the manager\u2019s role in creating and implementing a strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Develop and implement a strategic plan.<\/li>\n<li>Develop a flexible approach to planning and incorporating contingency options.<\/li>\n<li>Improve the decision making process.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the impact of a strategy on people.<\/li>\n<li>Measure the success of the plan.<\/li>\n<li>Recognize why strategic plans fail and how to avoid the mistakes of others.<\/li>\n<li>Sharpen your strategic decision-making skills to develop strategic reflexes in competitive situations<\/li>\n<li>Understand and recognize the differences between a situation that is essentially operational and one that has clear strategic implications<\/li>\n<li>Ensure the real incorporation of the competitive dimension in the formulation of strategy<\/li>\n<li>Acquire strategic principles for guiding the effective deployment of resources to realize the role that senior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueoceanacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Strategic-Thinking-training-course-dubai.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueoceanacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Strategic-Thinking-training-course-dubai-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Outline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Strategic Mind in Business <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applying strategic structures, strategic deployment and strategic principles inside the company<\/li>\n<li>Effective business strategist<\/li>\n<li>Nurturing and developing the strategic mind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assessing Current State of the Organization<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Strategic planning<\/li>\n<li>Customer and market focus<\/li>\n<li>Measurement, analysis and knowledge management<\/li>\n<li>Human resources focus<\/li>\n<li>Process management<\/li>\n<li>Business results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Philosophy, Purpose and Mission <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing the guiding philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Establishing purpose and mission<\/li>\n<li>Organizational<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Need for Greater Creativity and Innovation <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Challenging accepted norms<\/li>\n<li>The need to continually re-appraise<\/li>\n<li>Changing the boundaries<\/li>\n<li>Increasing your options<\/li>\n<li>Introducing the creative process to the business environment<\/li>\n<li>Measuring the use of creative thinking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Developing Successful Businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business goals &#8211; the prime areas of focus<\/li>\n<li>Business success &#8211; key drivers<\/li>\n<li>Business stability &#8211; avoiding failure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How Thinking Works <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The all important \u2018first stage\u2019 of thinking<\/li>\n<li>Vertical versus lateral thinking<\/li>\n<li>Measurement: prediction and evaluation of outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Emotion: natural responses to issues, choices and options<\/li>\n<li>Creating: combining approaches and incorporating additional external input<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Keep the Mind Open <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Logically assessing your thinking stage<\/li>\n<li>Suspending implementation of the obvious solution<\/li>\n<li>Pro-actively reaching for new ways, ideas, principles, realities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Creative Thinking<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The psychology of problem solving<\/li>\n<li>Defining six types of problem<\/li>\n<li>Force fields and driving forces &#8211; how to use them<\/li>\n<li>Breaking from traditional thinking patterns &#8211; structured brainstorming<\/li>\n<li>Using creative thinking skills to identify objectives<\/li>\n<li>Project management using creative thinking techniques<\/li>\n<li>Accumulating a quantity solution<\/li>\n<li>Using the paired-choice matrix to identify the best solution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Environmental Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The environment and what&#8217;s changing<\/li>\n<li>Impact on future choices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Industry Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The nature and intensity of the competition<\/li>\n<li>The bargaining power of the industry<\/li>\n<li>Analysis and actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Corporate Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SWOT questions and analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Market Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identifying your strategic business unit<\/li>\n<li>The critical success factor of the market.<\/li>\n<li>Market mapping &#8211; analysis and actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Organizational Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Key areas of change required<\/li>\n<li>Setting corporate direction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Creating Value for the Business &#8211; 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