The Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional Training Course in Kuala Lumpur is part of a series of certification courses dedicated to rigorous usage of strategy in practice.
Facilitated by Paul Albu, Senior Business Research Specialist, this course was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between 4th and 6th of April 2016.
The agenda for the Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional Course covered in the first day the following subjects:
- Impact, mission, values;
- Business model and value drivers;
- Internal capabilities and SWOTM analysis;
- Vision and goals.
The second day sessions covered the following discussion topics:
- PESTEL Analysis;
- Porter 5 Forces Model;
- SWOT analysis & scenario planning;
- Competitive strategies.
In the third day of the course the next themes were approached:
- Growth strategies;
- Objectives and KPIs;
- Portfolio of initiatives and action plan;
- Strategy visualization and alignment;
- Review and Certification Exam.
In order to enable both the theoretical understanding and practical experience of using a variety performance management tools and techniques for deploying KPIs correctly across different industries and functional areas, some of the methods used throughout the course were:
- Group discussions, exercises, simulations and case studies;
- Explanation of the theory regarding performance measurement;
- Presentation of the performance management templates as tools to support the integration of performance management practices in organizations;
- Customized feedback regarding the present use and the future plans for implementing performance management systems;
- Active involvement of all the participants in a collaborative learning environment where opinions and experiences are shared.
The course was attended by practitioners from Malaysia having different backgrounds and areas of expertise in their working fields like Power Generation, Information Technology and Services, Hydropower Generation.
Before beginning the course, sharing challenges of previous experience in working with strategy was encouraged and some of them were:
- Aligning strategy across the organization (from strategic level to operational level);
- Identifying performance measures & targets for every objectives;
- Formulating clear objectives.
Participants were invited to express some learning needs and they communicated the following expectations from the course:
- Relation of value drives with the company strategy;
- How to effectively translate strategy and business planning to actionable and measurable items;
- Aligning strategy and business planning to organizational performance.
In addition to the training sessions, the learning experience is comprised of a pre-course stage, a core course stage and an after-course stage. Upon participating at the face to face training course and completing all the activities on our eLearning platform you will receive the following:
- Certificate of Completion (soft copy): after completing pre-course activities and passing the Certification Exam;
- Certificate of Attendance (hard copy): after participating at the 3 days of on-site training course;
- Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional diploma (hard copy): after you have successfully completed all of the 3 stages of the learning experience.
We strongly advise you to ensure that you will receive your Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional title, as this certification recognizes the professionals’ ability to develop strategies to ensure a successful performance management.
To find out more details, please visit the Strategy and Business Planning Professional certification page.
If the opportunity of customized Strategy and Business Planning training courses is of interest to you, email us at [email protected] and you will receive a tailored offer.
For more information contact one of our representatives:
Alexandru Muntean
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