Strategic Management Essentials: Reusable Training Course Material

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Simply one of our favourite training course packages, made with our signature editable training content, the Oak Innovation Strategic Management Essentials Training Course Material featuring engaging slides, an editable workbook, and expert training guides is both versatile and customizable.

Strategic Management Skills : A Strategic Management Training Course That Adapts To You.

Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been in business for years, our practical, results oriented, time-saving training course material on strategic management skills helps you minimize the time spent developing content. It also offers you instant access to course content that you can instantly deliver in your business.

Suggested Use: For all course types, especially for training professionals balancing customization needs with tight deadlines. After downloading and/or editing any content, deliver the materials, including the slidedeck and participant manual to your audience. For best results, follow the format covered within the training course materials provided.

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Course Outline.

The course is structured into four engaging modules that you will be able to easily deliver.

1. Foundations of Strategic Management
You can deliver the content in this module to introduce the core concepts of strategic management and the crucial role of strategic managers in driving organizational success.

Learning Outcomes:
After completing this module, participants will be able to:

  • Define strategic management and articulate its importance in today’s competitive landscape.
  • Identify the key responsibilities and characteristics of effective strategic managers.
  • Explain the benefits of a proactive strategic approach versus a reactive one.

Participants will learn about:

  • Strategic Management: A working definition.
  • The critical role of strategic managers: In shaping organizational success.
  • Proactive vs. Reactive Strategies: Understanding the difference.
  • The Strategic Management Process: An overview.

2. The Power of Strategic Planning.
You can use the content in this module to share the four key advantages of a well-defined strategic plan and demonstrate how it provides direction, defines the organization, focuses effort, and ensures consistency.

Learning Outcomes:
After completing this module, participants will be able to:

  • Articulate the four core benefits of strategic planning.
  • Explain how a strategic plan aligns organizational efforts and resources.
  • Identify potential pitfalls of operating without a clear strategic direction.

Participants will learn about:

  • Strategic Direction: Charting a course for the future.
  • Organizational Identity: Defining who you are and what you stand for.
  • Focused Effort: Aligning resources and activities for maximum impact.
  • Consistency: Ensuring a unified approach across the organization.
  • Suggested Additional Case Study: Analyzing the impact of strategic planning in a real-world organization.

3. The Ten Strategy Schools
This module’s material delves into Mintzberg’s “Ten Schools of Strategy,” providing a comprehensive overview of different approaches to strategic thinking.

Learning Outcomes:
After completing this module, participants will be able to:

  • Identify and describe the ten different schools of strategy.
  • Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each school.
  • Determine which schools are most appropriate for different organizational contexts.

Key takeaways:

  • The Design School: Strategy as a process of conception.
  • The Planning School: Strategy as a formal, structured process.
  • The Positioning School: The strategy is to find a niche in the market.
  • The Entrepreneurial School: Strategy as visionary leadership.
  • The Cognitive School: Strategy as a mental process.
  • The Learning School: Strategy as an emergent process.
  • The Power School: Strategy as negotiation and influence.
  • The Cultural School: Strategy as a collective process.
  • The Environmental School: Strategy as a reaction to external forces.
  • The Configuration School: Strategy as a process of transformation.
  • Suggested Additional Activity: Small group exercise: applying different schools of thought to a case study.

4. A Practical Five-Step Strategic Management Model
This module presents a step-by-step model for developing, implementing, and evaluating a strategic plan.

Learning Outcomes:
After completing this module, participants will be able to:

  • Develop a compelling vision and mission statement.
  • Set strategic and financial objectives.
  • Create a strategic plan to achieve objectives.
  • Implement and execute a strategy effectively.
  • Evaluate and correct a strategic plan based on performance data.

Participants will learn about the following key steps:

  • Step 1 – Crafting Your Vision and Mission: Defining your organization’s purpose.
  • Step 2 – Setting Objectives: Establishing measurable goals.
  • Step 3 – Developing a Strategic Plan: Mapping the path to success.
  • Step 4 – Implementation and Execution: Putting the plan into action.
  • Step 5 – Evaluation and Control: Measuring progress and making adjustments.

 

Equip Your Learners With The Skills They Need.

In this training course on strategic management skills, your participants will:

  • Understand the importance of strategic management strategies.
  • Examine the characteristics of strategy managers.
  • Understand the ten primary strategy schools.
  • Explore a five-step strategy model.
  • Understand how to create the vision and mission of their organization.
  • Explore strategic and financial objectives.
  • Understand how to put in place, execute, and evaluate a strategy.

 

What You’ll Get.

Transform your training delivery and maximize participant engagement with our all-inclusive package.

Captivating Content

  • Dynamic Slide Deck (62 slides): Visually customizable presentations that keep your audience hooked.
  • In-depth Course Workbook (63 pages): Packed with exercises and actionable tips for lasting impact.

Interactive Learning Tools

  • Engaging Training Games: Make learning fun and memorable.
  • Effective Icebreakers: Foster open communication and build team rapport.
  • Practical Activities: Reinforce concepts through hands-on exercises.

Professional Development Resources

  • Comprehensive Training Guides: Enhance your facilitation skills.
  • Curated Reading Lists: Expand knowledge with carefully selected resources.
  • Assessment Tools: Measure learning outcomes with pre-built course tests.

Marketing and Implementation Support

  • Ready-to-Use Marketing Materials: Promote your courses with ease.
  • Strategic Action Plans: Develop robust implementation strategies.

 

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