AI, Technology & Digital · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900
Overview
Business-Driven Strategic IT Planning is the vital compass that guides organisations through complexity and competition toward long-term success. The Strategic Planning Specialist course explores the critical factors that drive strategic success and failure, providing participants with the knowledge to harness these forces for both organisational and personal career advancement. This course is specifically designed for professionals who may not be directly involved in high-level strategy formation but who need to understand how strategy fundamentally impacts their company's trajectory.
Learning Objectives
Understand how strategic thinking has developed and evolved over the past fifty years
Comment effectively on strategy and its implementation within your own organisation
Differentiate strategy from tactics
Link strategic decisions to Return on Capital (ROCE) through Value Creation and Market Focus
Learn the key models and vocabulary to “talk strategy” effectively with others
Link daily actions and team performance to headline strategy
Recognise some of the key factors that lead to changes in strategy
Create your own personal strategy for success
Who Should Attend
This course in Strategic Planning Specialist is suitable for a wide range of professionals who influence or are impacted by organisational direction.
Department Heads
Team Leaders
Project Managers and Product Managers
Any professional
Course Outline
Day 1 — Strategy Concepts
Recognise How Strategic Thinking Has Developed and How it Influences Strategies Within Your Organisation
Understand the Importance of Vision and Values to Communicating Strategy in Organisations
Identify the Key Strategies for Every Organisation
Distinguish Between the Process of Creating Strategy and the Content of Strategy
Day 2 — The Evolution of Strategic Planning and Strategic Thinking
Follow the Progression of Strategic Thinking in Business, Anticipate Where Strategy May Next Develop
Identify the Different Conceptual Frameworks from Which Strategic Thinking Has Developed and Identify Which are Active in Your Organisation
Recognise the Commonalities that Exist in Different Approaches to Developing and Implementing a Strategy
Articulate the Conceptual Framework of Strategy that Your Organisation Uses Today
Day 3 — A Process for Creating and Updating Strategy
Recognise Different Approaches to Creating and Updating Strategy Within an Organisation
Identify the Applicability of a Particular Approach with the Characteristics of a Firm and of the Environment the Firm Faces
Match Different Processes to Specific Issues or Situations that Could Develop in your Firm
Strategy in the Organisation Connect the Relationship Between Strategy Formation and Implementation and Day-to-Day Activities
Day 4 — Strategies for Growth, Profitability and Value Creation
Articulate the Link Between Growth and Profitability in Public and Private Sector Organisations
Understand the Key Factors that Make the Difference Between Strategic Success and Failure
Relate Action Plans to Strategic Initiatives and Individual Performance
Create Conditions that Foster Achievement of Strategic Initiatives Within the Firm When Strategy Changes
Day 5 — Engaging your Organisation in Strategic Thinking
Ask Strategic Questions that Relate Your Work to the Organisation’s Direction and Strategic Initiatives
Formulate Strategic Hypotheses that Suggest Directions for the Firm to Consider
Explore the Strategic Conversations You Want to Have When You Return to Your Workplace
Accreditation
Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.
What do Al-Khobraa AI, technology and digital courses cover?
The portfolio covers cyber security, data analytics and data science, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, Power BI and Excel for analysis, digital transformation and IT governance. Courses are applied — delegates work with real datasets and tools rather than slideware.
Who should attend an AI, technology or digital course?
These courses suit IT and cyber security staff, data and business analysts, engineers and operations professionals who work with plant or business data, digital transformation teams, and managers who commission or govern technology projects. Foundation-level courses assume no programming background.
How long are AI, technology and digital courses, and where are they held?
Most Al-Khobraa AI, technology and digital courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.
What certificate will I receive?
Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.
Can AI, technology and digital training be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. Any Al-Khobraa AI, technology and digital course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.