Thinking strategically involves analyzing opportunities and problems from a broad perspective and understanding the potential impact your decisions…
Thinking strategically involves analyzing opportunities and problems from a broad perspective and understanding the potential impact your decisions might have on the future of your organization, your team, or your bottom line. A strategic plan can help your organization achieve its goals. It’s a process that can make or break your organization’s future. Strategic planning helps a company determine what it wants to achieve and how to do it. Knowing the major components of a strategic plan and how it will affect you is the first step.
In these lessons, we'll cover the basics of what a strategic plan is, and its many key components. You'll also learn about how the strategic plan will affect you, and what your level of involvement should be in its creation. You'll also be given an overview of the many essential elements the strategic plan should involve, and how it can be used to prepare for uncertain events that could potentially affect your organization.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the essential elements of simple and complex strategic plans
- Define all the steps for building strategic plans
- Assess your plan's strengths and weaknesses
- Aligning departmental goals to the overall strategic plan
Skills you’ll gain
Strategic PlanningStrategic ThinkingBusiness PlanningStrategic Decision MakingStrategic AnalysisStrategic ManagementWhat You'll Learn
- Recognize the essential elements of simple and complex strategic plans
- Define all the steps for building strategic plans
- Assess your plan's strengths and weaknesses
- Align departmental goals to the overall strategic plan
- Develop vision and mission statements as part of setting the plan
- Apply strategic thinking to pivot in uncertain times and communicate the strategy
Key Takeaways
- Thinking strategically involves analyzing opportunities and problems from a broad perspective and understanding the potential impact your decisions might have on the future of your organization, team, or bottom line.
- Strategic planning helps a company determine what it wants to achieve and how to do it.
- Knowing the major components of a strategic plan and how it will affect you is the first step.
- A strategic plan can be used to prepare for uncertain events that could potentially affect your organization.
- The series covers what a strategic plan is, its key components, how it affects you, and what your level of involvement should be in its creation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this series cover?
It covers the basics of what a strategic plan is and its many key components, how the strategic plan will affect you and what your level of involvement should be in its creation, an overview of the essential elements a strategic plan should involve, and how it can be used to prepare for uncertain events that could affect your organization.
What skills will I gain from this course?
The course builds skills in strategic planning, strategic thinking, business planning, strategic decision making, strategic analysis, and strategic management.
What topics are included in the lessons?
Lessons include What is Strategic Planning?, How Does the Strategic Plan Affect Me?, Overview of the Strategic Plan, Strategic Thinking-Pivoting in Uncertain Times, Vision and Mission Statements, Setting the Plan, Aligning Departmental Goals to the Overall Strategic Plan, Assessing Your Own Strategic Plan: Strengths and Weaknesses, and Communicating the Strategy.
Does the course include knowledge checks?
Yes, the series includes Test Your Knowledge sections to check your understanding.
What will I be able to do after completing the series?
You will be able to recognize the essential elements of simple and complex strategic plans, define all the steps for building strategic plans, assess your plan's strengths and weaknesses, and align departmental goals to the overall strategic plan.
Transcript
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Fundamentals of Strategic Thinking and Planning Welcome to KnowledgeCity's series on "Fundamentals of Strategic Thinking and Planning." Here you'll be introduced to the concept of strategic thinking and what it means to adopt a strategic mindset in the workplace. Understanding how your organization makes strategy-aligned decisions can open many opportunities for divergent thinking and performing your job differently. This way you can deliver service with a fresh outlook or even plan for the future with a new perspective. By the end of this course, you'll be well-acquainted with what it means to think strategically, be able to identify the most important aspects of a strategic plan, and know how to create one. You'll also understand how the plan filters down from the executive level to departmental and individual levels, affecting processes, policies, attitudes, and behaviors. Let's get started.
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