Strategic Planning and Execution

COURSE DURATION 5 DAYS              

Strategic Planning and Execution is the complete cycle of defining long-term goals (planning) and translating them into daily actions and results (execution) for an organization, involving setting objectives, allocating resources, aligning teams, monitoring progress, and adapting to achieve a shared vision. It bridges the gap between ambition and reality, ensuring everyone works cohesively toward the same strategic outcomes through clear communication, robust systems, and continuous improvement.

The ALARDI Strategic Planning and Execution has been specifically designed to equip delegates with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to implement strategic plans. The emphasis of this Strategic Planning and Execution training course is on putting strategies into action, which includes designing, delivering, and supporting products, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and controlling systems and culture.

This Strategic Planning and Execution training course will feature:

• The unique and important role of mid-level and senior managers in strategic planning and execution
• Resource allocation, strategic planning, development, and control
• Corporate performance, governance, and business ethics
• Government, public sector, and not-for-profit strategies
• Managing strategic change

Objectives

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

• Develop a broad knowledge and critical understanding of the role of the strategic management function within organisations
• Define and clarify the concepts of “strategic plans, “strategy implementation,” and “change management.”
• Gain the knowledge to be able to appreciate the main methods used to formulate and implement a strategy
• Use acquired knowledge to review organisation practice against given theoretical models and provide considered responses to given problems
• Evaluate new concepts in this area and be able to illustrate essential understanding through application

Who Should Attend?

This Strategic Planning and Execution is suitable for a wide range of professionals and mid-level or senior managers working for a private or public organisation aiming to improve his/her knowledge of designing and implementing world-class strategies.

Organisational Impact

• Develop a broad knowledge and critical understanding of the role of the strategic management function within organisations globally
• Improve teamwork and team-building skills
• Greater organisational adaptability and flexibility
• Improved interpersonal and communication skills

Personal Impact

• Improved career flexibility and prospects
• Improved problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Abstracting meaning from information and sharing knowledge
• Ability to critique and apply the latest theories and ideas on global issues
• Develop a range of specialist skills used in this field

Course Outline

DAY 1. The Dynamics of Strategy Development: Building a Cohesive Corporate Strategy

• The Dynamics of Purpose
• The Dynamics of Resource Development
• The Dynamics of Environmental Development

DAY 2. Resource Allocation, Strategic Planning and Control

• Objectives, Task Setting, and Communicating Strategy
• Resource Allocation
• Strategic Planning
• Information, Monitoring, and Control

DAY 3. Corporate Performance, Governance, and Business Ethics

• Stakeholders and Corporate Performance
• Agency Theory
• Governance Mechanisms
• Ethics and Strategy

DAY 4. Government, Public Sector, and Not-For-Profit Strategies

• Examining the Environment in Public Sector Strategy
• Analysing Resources in the Public and Non-profit Sectors
• Describing the Purpose of Public and Not-for-Profit Organisations
• Context, Content, and Implementation in Public Sector Strategy

DAY 5. Managing Strategic Change

• Causes of Change
• Prescriptive Approaches to Managing Strategic Change
• Emergent Approaches to Managing Change
• Developing a Strategic Change Programme

Certificate

• On successful completion of this training course, the ALARDI Africa Certificate will be issued to the participants.

Venue:

Kenya-Nairobi                               Cost USD 1800

UAE-Abu Dhabi                             Cost USD 2200

Dates: 8^th – 12^th June 2026