BUSINESS PLANNING AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING
 

This program is designed for existing and aspiring board members prepare effective business plans as well as make strategic decisions based on the plans. It is appropriate for both private and quoted companies. It will cover:

• the business planning process
• the tools and techniques required to prepare business plans
• the decision-making processes associated with business planning

Training objectives

At the end of this business planning and strategic decision-making workshop each participant will have:

• Understand the structure of a business plan
• Understand the analytical and forecasting tools used to prepare and process the data for the plan
• An  introduction to  analytical tools used to manage risk
• Understand decision-making at board level

COURSE OUTLINE


 

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS PLANNING

Module 1: Purpose of business planning

Module 2: The hierarchy of strategies

Module 3: Overview of functional strategies

Module 4: The business planning model and the structure of the business plan

Module 5: Relating the business plan to the needs of its audience

 
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PART II: TOOLS, TECHNIQUES & TARGET SETTING

Module 6: Forecasting volumes, target-setting and developing the budget

Module 7: Break-even analysis and contingency planning

Module 8: Pricing for profit

 
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PART III: UNCERTAINTY & RISK

Module 9: Cause and effect analysis, multiple cause analysis

Module 10: Data and logic models for handling uncertainty

Module 11: Risk management, what if analysis, developing scenarios and simulation models
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PART IV: DECISION-MAKING & PROBLEM SOLVING

Module 12: Rational and non-rational decision-making

Module 13: Structured problem-solving

Module 14: Novelty, complexity and ambiguity

Module 15: Phases in problem-solving

 
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PART V: INTEGRATIVE CASE STUDY

Case study review

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FORMAT

An interactive and practical one day session which will involve role play and case studies.

 

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