Business Planning

Overview

The aim of this course is to familiarise participants with business planning processes and

the content of a business plan to meet future organisational and business unit challenges.

Particular emphasis is given to the context of business planning in contemporary organizations
with a focus on being able to respond to changing situations.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this course participants should be able to:

§ Review organisational systems

§ Close the ‘implementation gap’

§ Responded to the challenges of managing operations

§ Produce an outline business plan

§ Avoid common pitfalls

§ Develop measures to monitor performance

§ Reduce the likelihood of ‘under-performance’ and failure

Overview of content

Strategic context of business planning

§ Key business planning challenges

§ The implementation gap

§ Differentiation strategy

§ Portfolio and Program management

Influences on business planning

§ Culture

§ Structure

§ Diversity

§ Resource management

§ Organisational systems

Business planning processes and tools

§ Business analysis

§ Business plan components

§ Management functions

§ Project management

§ Stakeholder management

§ Motivation, recognition and reward

§ Structuring business units

§ Communication

§ Conflict resolution

§ Resource planning

§ Control and empowerment

Who should attend?

Anyone who is involved in the development and control of business plans
including subject matter experts who contribute to them.

Course Duration

One or two days

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