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(603) 852 79 35 akasi-commercial@akasigroup.com 1, Tara boulevard # 101, Nashua NH 03062 United States
(603) 852 79 35 akasi-commercial@akasigroup.com 1, Tara boulevard # 101, Nashua NH 03062 United States

Course details

Strategic Thinking For Operational Management

Course 00013

Description

Add value to your organization by aligning department goals with your organization’s strategic vision and mission. In this training course, you learn to plan and implement change to meet stakeholder needs, create an innovative culture that takes advantage of the department's core competencies, and gain the leadership skills to effectively integrate strategic thinking with daily operations.

What you'll learn

  • Leverage strategic thinking at the operational level to add value
  • Maximize operational core competencies to implement organizational strategy
  • Bridge the gap between organizational and operational goals
  • Foster an innovative culture to overcome strategic challenges
  • Develop an effective change process that satisfies stakeholder needs

Pre-requisites

  • • Experience at the level of management skills
  • • Experience at the level of management skills for an IT environment

Curriculum

Strategy: everyone's concern

Identifying the strategic challenges facing operational managers

What strategy means to operational managers

Distinguishing between strategic thinking and planning

Identifying the impact of strategy on operational activity

Aligning the organization's vision with reality

Creating sustainable competitive advantage

Recognizing the importance of stakeholders in the strategy process

Satisfying the needs of the stakeholders

Positioning yourself within the four cycles of operational effectiveness

Decoding your environment with PESTLE

Analyzing the ecosystem with Porter's Five Forces

Differentiating between organizational and operational competencies

Taking inventory of the key strengths within your operation

Rating competencies against strategic goals

Optimizing internal processes

Shaping opportunities by scanning the external environment

Qualifying the gaps between operational and organizational vision

Establishing the foundation for realizing goals

Questioning assumptions to uncover new solutions and drive new discoveries

Managing operational strategic assets

Rigorous planning through scenario assessment

Quantifying the impact of proposed solutions

The importance of innovation in strategic thinking

Promoting nonlinear thinking

Generating solutions through value engineering

Optimizing solutions by challenging the status quo

Meeting the five preconditions for an innovative culture

Facilitating team innovation

Qualifying innovation traits

Benchmarking objectives against actual performance

Verifying decisions through financial analysis

Incorporating a stakeholder perspective

Being proactive in a reactive environment

Implementing operational change through people, processes and culture

Motivating the team to adopt the change

Configuring your resources to encompass change

Measuring results through balanced scorecards

Applying influencing techniques to overcome resistance

Negotiating for resources using win-win approaches

Earning support with entrepreneurial techniques

Articulating an elevator pitch that secures commitment

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2000,00 €


  • • 3 days instructor-led training course
  • • After-course coaching available

  • • No schedule defined yet