Strategic Management

Strategic management is all about setting the direction for a company.

And, let’s face it, if a company doesn’t know where it’s going then it really should not be in business.

As a result, one of the most important roles that a leader has is to ensure that everyone knows both the direction and the road being taken to reach that destination.

Equally, companies need a strategic plan to respond to:

• Market conditions.
• Technology.
• Political and legislative conditions.
• New opportunities.
• Evolving customer needs.

This strategic management training by Oak Innovation focuses on the benefits of strategic management. Offering practical, research-backed solutions for implementing a strategic plan, this training course will prepare learners to leverage this learning.

Oak Innovation’s off-the-shelf and customizable strategic management training material includes everything you need to present your own training courses.

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Course Description

Now more than ever, employees need to be aware of increasingly available information on the strategy of a company and provide comprehensive solutions to address their organization’s most pressing strategic and financial objectives.

To meet this demand, this strategic management training provides learners with an insight into basic and more advanced topics and business concepts.

Designed to be accessible for all categories of employees, learners will discover the ten primary strategy schools. Through engaging training material, discussion, and exercises, learners will also be able to identify the characteristics of strategy managers. And, from the slide deck and learner manual, they will also learn how to introduce a five-step strategy model.

With the potential of changing the way they view their organization, they will also learn to explore the vision and mission of their organization.

At the end of the training session, learners will be able to identify strategic and financial objectives.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

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

Course Overview

There are 3 key areas in this course.

1. Strategic management skills
Strategic management allows the organization to achieve its potential. And, strategic management is an essential skill. In fact, it brings everyone together and sets the direction for the organization. Without proper strategic management, a company operates with purpose, without direction, intent, or control.

This introductory section will:

• Share why we need strategic managers within companies.
• Explore what strategy is and the associated benefits to the company.

To illustrate, what is strategy? Below, are two excellent definitions.

“The strategic aim of any business is to earn a return on capital, and if in any particular case the return, in the long run, is not satisfactory, the deficiency should be corrected or the activity abandoned” (Sloan, 1963).

“Strategy is the determination of the basic, long-term goals and objectives of an enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for those goals” (Chandler, 1962).

Next, the training will explore the four key advantages of a strategic plan:

1. Sets direction.
2. Defines the organization.
3. Focuses effort.
4. Provides consistency.

2. The Strategy Schools
This strategic management training introduces the ten strategy schools. These are:

1. Design.
2. Planning.
3. Positioning.
4. Entrepreneurial.
5. Cognitive.
6. Learning.
7. Power.
8. Cultural.
9. Environmental.
10. Configuration.

3. A five-step model
Strategic management is one of the essential skills for career progression. And, for any strategy to succeed, a person must be able to employ a practical strategic management process. This section introduces a practical five-step model that can be used in any situation.

This training is designed for individuals, and subject matter experts, who want to develop and master their strategic management skills. In particular, participants will learn how to:

1. Develop a vision and mission statement.
2. Set objectives.
3. Create a strategic plan to achieve objectives.
4. Implement and execute.
5. Evaluate and correct.

Who Needs Effective Strategic Management Skills?

• Senior management that wants to strengthen their relationships with staff.
• Managers, supervisors, and team leaders need strategic management skills to lead, manage and motivate their teams.
• Administrative, support staff, and line staff that needs strategic management skills to maximize their engagement and participation within the organization.
• HR professionals need strategic management skills to meet the needs of the departments that they support.
• Project managers need strategic management skills to create more engagement and collaboration with their teams.
• Organizational development professionals need strategic management skills to secure relationships and participation from all functions within the organization.
• Consultants and independent contractors who are being asked to play a role in organizational initiatives.

What You Get

• A 47 Page Participant Manual
• 51 Customizable PowerPoint Slides
• Training Games And Training Icebreakers
• A Course Advertorial
• Eight Pre-written Expert Training Guides
• Customizable Exercises And Tests
• Further Reading Lists

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Nicole Harris

2021-10-06

I had the opportunity to thoroughly review the training content and I am extremely pleased with the structure, training material and learning objectives. The quality of the content is Excellent!

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2021-09-29

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2021-07-20

I purchased the full offering of training programs from Oak Innovation a few years ago. I still refer back to the trainings after all these years. Their trainings are professional, organized, and full of pertinent information.

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2021-07-11

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2021-06-16

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2016-07-20

“During the early days of HRD Gateway, a 40,000-member international NGO dedicated to excellence in HRD/HRM, I got to know Des Fitzgerald (Oak Innovation) and his courseware. I become one of his early customers. I had clients in Asia who wanted training in certain areas. Instead of searching through the net for material, I logged onto his site, found what I wanted, bought his programs, and customized them to suit my clients requirements. The process saved me much time. Later, I bought the Oak full set of courses. Over the years, I saw Oak grow from a small operation to what it is today. That takes dedication and focus. Because they allowed me to download updates and new versions of the courseware, I found I did not have to go to another provider for my raw material." GK Lim President, HRD Gateway International

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2016-07-17

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2016-07-16

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2016-07-16

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2016-07-16

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