Overview
Learn how to align organizational planning with mission, vision and values to drive purposeful leadership and strategic success. This course explores the planning process as a core leadership skill, showing how effective plans support an organization’s broader goals.
Learners will distinguish between mission and vision, develop values statements and explore planning tools such as Management by Objectives (MBO), SMART goals and contingency planning. By the end of the course, participants will understand how to implement planning cycles that keep teams focused and aligned with long-term organizational purpose.
Key Benefits:
- Mission, vision and values statement development
- Planning cycle stages and various plan types
- MBO, SMART goals and forecasting techniques
What's Included:
- Expert instruction on strategic planning fundamentals
- Long-term, short-term, operational, standing and single-use plans
- Budget roles in planning and forecasting methodologies
- Scenario planning, contingency planning and benchmarking approaches
Create strategic plans that drive focused, measurable organizational achievement.
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Certificate program
This course is a part of the following certificate program:
Who this course is designed for
- Managers responsible for strategic planning and goal setting
- Business leaders developing organizational mission and vision statements
- Project managers creating operational plans and budgets
- Entrepreneurs establishing strategic direction for new ventures
- Operations managers implementing planning cycles and forecasting
- Anyone developing strategic planning skills for management roles
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Discuss the importance of career and self-development for managers in effective planning
- Distinguish between mission, vision, and values statements and their role in guiding organizational goals
- Understand the planning cycle and differentiate between various types of organizational plans
- Explain forecasting methods, scenario planning, contingency planning, and the role of budgets in planning
- Apply strategic tools such as management by objectives (MBO), SMART goals, and benchmarking to support planning efforts
Instructors
Jennifer Chandler, PhD
Senior Lecturer, CISA - Leadership and Integrative Studies
Arizona State University
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