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Abstract about the 21 factors for corporate and business success for business growth.
To many people, strategic planning is something meant only for big businesses, but it is equally
applicable to any and every business. Strategic planning in essence is about matching the
internal strengths of a business to available external opportunities.
To do this effectively, one needs to collect, screen and analyze information about the business
environment complemented with a clear understanding of the internal business components, in
particular its strengths and weaknesses and the development of a clear vision, mission, values,
goals and objectives.
In addition, strategic planning has become more important to business managers, entrepreneurs
and executives because technology and competition have made the business environment less
stable and less predictable. If the business is to survive and prosper, time must be taken to
identify the niches in which the business is most likely to succeed and to identify the resource
demands that must be met.
COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of this fully interactive course, delegates will be able to:
o Define and discuss the concept of strategic planning in managing business performance.
o Discuss, explain and determine the role of the various organisational structures in business
performance.
o Evaluate the 5 external factors that could impact on your business and how to manage the
impact. This includes maximising business opportunities and avoiding threats.
o Evaluate the effectiveness of the 16 factors internal to the business and how to build on
strengths and eliminate weaknesses.
o Develop strategic goals, objectives, implement business strategies and tactical plans to
realise the new vision and mission of the business.
o Identify and rectify performance problems occurring in the business.
o Develop business attributes in a specific context to enhance performance.
o Develop a financial forecast for improved performance.
COURSE CONTENT
A Strategic plan’s function is to logically link the tasks, relationships and schedule to
achieve business goals and objectives. In essence the strategic planning process
answers the following:
o Who are we?
o Where are we today?
o How do we want to conduct ourselves?
T TH HE E 2 21 1 F FA AC CT TO OR RS S F FO OR R C CO OR RP PO OR RA AT TE E A AN ND D B BU US SI IN NE ES SS S S SU UC CC CE ES SS S
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The Business School of South Africa has developed a comprehensive
2-day programme – unique in South Africa to equip all interested
participants with the fundamental skills required to overcome the
problem of a skill, knowledge and experience deficiency in rapid
business growth and successful workouts.
o Where are we going?
o How are we going to get where we want to go?
o What’s the best way to measure our progress toward getting there?
To help home in on the above broad questions, the following is a breakdown of what
you will achieve through the strategic planning process:
o What substantive issues face us today?
o What will face us tomorrow?
o What do we do well?
o What do we need to enhance? What measurements will tell us how well we are doing?
o What are we neglecting that we should be doing?
o What kind of staff training should we plan for?
o What makes us unique?
o What potential profit areas are we overlooking?
o What safety issues should concern us?
o What form will future market competition take?
o In what ways has technology affected how we do business?
o How will it affect us in the future?
o How can we involve employees more?
o Have we clearly defined our ethical position?
o Have we imagined every possible negative eventuality?
T TH HE E 2 21 1 F FA AC CT TO OR RS S F FO OR R C CO OR RP PO OR RA AT TE E & & B BU US SI IN NE ES SS S S SU UC CC CE ES SS S: :
The 21 Factors for Business Success takes a deeper look at re-aligning any
business to the internal and external factors together with developing growth
strategies. The workshop material includes the 21 Factors Workbook, The
Worksheets and Templates and The Financial Forecasting Software on CD. This is
an intensive 3-Day workshop guaranteed to provide you with the knowledge and
skills to accelerate and grow any business.
T TH HE E P PR RO OC CE ES SS S? ?
Where do you want to take the organisation to?
Clarifying the organisation’s vision, mission, values, and the ambitious
overriding strategic goals i.e. softly defined strategic goals as well as hard
tangible objectives.
It is imperative that you define a future position for your organisation. You
must define a vision, a mission, and a value statement. You must also define
some broad ambitious goals together with setting tangible high level targets
for the three most important components of your organisation i.e.
customers, financial and products/services.
What has the organisation achieved thus far?
Whilst this may sound obvious, many organisations fail to honestly realize
where they are today. Is it senseless to create a picture of great success
when in fact the organisation is failing to meet many of its obligations? You
need to make a careful assessment of what your organisation has achieved,
particular in terms of financial performance, customer performance and
product/service performance.
Once you have a good idea of where the organisation is today and where you want to take the
organisation to in terms of its vision, mission, financial and non-financial goals, you need to
clearly identify the gaps in terms of customer, financial and product/service targets. The next
section brings on board the greatest challenge of all.
How Do You Get To Where You Want To Be?
This requires an assessment of the 21 FACTORS FOR CORPORATE AND
BUSINESS SUCCESS, which is divided between external and internal
factors. A careful study and assessment of each key will lead to developing
strategies, tactics and action plans to achieve your desired business
position.
5 External Factors: The Environment and Industry, The Market,
Competition, Suppliers, Customers
16 Internal Factors: The Management Team, Board Effectiveness: Corporate Governance,
Corporate Identity, Specialist Advisors, BEE, Organisational Strategy, Products and Services,
Human Resources, Marketing, Sales, Process Planning, Systems and Administration, Financial
Management, Financial Resources, Innovation, International Business.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Executives, Managers, and Consultants who offer advice and expertise to business owners and/or
individuals who have their own businesses and who wish to successfully grow the business.
Contact The Business School of South Africa for a customized proposal to suit your needs!
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Abstract about the 21 factors for corporate and business success for business growth.
To many people, strategic planning is something meant only for big businesses, but it is equally
applicable to any and every business. Strategic planning in essence is about matching the
internal strengths of a business to available external opportunities.
To do this effectively, one needs to collect, screen and analyze information about the business
environment complemented with a clear understanding of the internal business components, in
particular its strengths and weaknesses and the development of a clear vision, mission, values,
goals and objectives.
In addition, strategic planning has become more important to business managers, entrepreneurs
and executives because technology and competition have made the business environment less
stable and less predictable. If the business is to survive and prosper, time must be taken to
identify the niches in which the business is most likely to succeed and to identify the resource
demands that must be met.
COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of this fully interactive course, delegates will be able to:
o Define and discuss the concept of strategic planning in managing business performance.
o Discuss, explain and determine the role of the various organisational structures in business
performance.
o Evaluate the 5 external factors that could impact on your business and how to manage the
impact. This includes maximising business opportunities and avoiding threats.
o Evaluate the effectiveness of the 16 factors internal to the business and how to build on
strengths and eliminate weaknesses.
o Develop strategic goals, objectives, implement business strategies and tactical plans to
realise the new vision and mission of the business.
o Identify and rectify performance problems occurring in the business.
o Develop business attributes in a specific context to enhance performance.
o Develop a financial forecast for improved performance.
COURSE CONTENT
A Strategic plan’s function is to logically link the tasks, relationships and schedule to
achieve business goals and objectives. In essence the strategic planning process
answers the following:
o Who are we?
o Where are we today?
o How do we want to conduct ourselves?
T TH HE E 2 21 1 F FA AC CT TO OR RS S F FO OR R C CO OR RP PO OR RA AT TE E A AN ND D B BU US SI IN NE ES SS S S SU UC CC CE ES SS S
- - F FO OR R B BU US SI IN NE ES SS S G GR RO OW WT TH H A AN ND D B BU US SI IN NE ES SS S T TU UR RN NA AR RO OU UN ND DS S
The Business School of South Africa has developed a comprehensive
2-day programme – unique in South Africa to equip all interested
participants with the fundamental skills required to overcome the
problem of a skill, knowledge and experience deficiency in rapid
business growth and successful workouts.
o Where are we going?
o How are we going to get where we want to go?
o What’s the best way to measure our progress toward getting there?
To help home in on the above broad questions, the following is a breakdown of what
you will achieve through the strategic planning process:
o What substantive issues face us today?
o What will face us tomorrow?
o What do we do well?
o What do we need to enhance? What measurements will tell us how well we are doing?
o What are we neglecting that we should be doing?
o What kind of staff training should we plan for?
o What makes us unique?
o What potential profit areas are we overlooking?
o What safety issues should concern us?
o What form will future market competition take?
o In what ways has technology affected how we do business?
o How will it affect us in the future?
o How can we involve employees more?
o Have we clearly defined our ethical position?
o Have we imagined every possible negative eventuality?
T TH HE E 2 21 1 F FA AC CT TO OR RS S F FO OR R C CO OR RP PO OR RA AT TE E & & B BU US SI IN NE ES SS S S SU UC CC CE ES SS S: :
The 21 Factors for Business Success takes a deeper look at re-aligning any
business to the internal and external factors together with developing growth
strategies. The workshop material includes the 21 Factors Workbook, The
Worksheets and Templates and The Financial Forecasting Software on CD. This is
an intensive 3-Day workshop guaranteed to provide you with the knowledge and
skills to accelerate and grow any business.
T TH HE E P PR RO OC CE ES SS S? ?
Where do you want to take the organisation to?
Clarifying the organisation’s vision, mission, values, and the ambitious
overriding strategic goals i.e. softly defined strategic goals as well as hard
tangible objectives.
It is imperative that you define a future position for your organisation. You
must define a vision, a mission, and a value statement. You must also define
some broad ambitious goals together with setting tangible high level targets
for the three most important components of your organisation i.e.
customers, financial and products/services.
What has the organisation achieved thus far?
Whilst this may sound obvious, many organisations fail to honestly realize
where they are today. Is it senseless to create a picture of great success
when in fact the organisation is failing to meet many of its obligations? You
need to make a careful assessment of what your organisation has achieved,
particular in terms of financial performance, customer performance and
product/service performance.
Once you have a good idea of where the organisation is today and where you want to take the
organisation to in terms of its vision, mission, financial and non-financial goals, you need to
clearly identify the gaps in terms of customer, financial and product/service targets. The next
section brings on board the greatest challenge of all.
How Do You Get To Where You Want To Be?
This requires an assessment of the 21 FACTORS FOR CORPORATE AND
BUSINESS SUCCESS, which is divided between external and internal
factors. A careful study and assessment of each key will lead to developing
strategies, tactics and action plans to achieve your desired business
position.
5 External Factors: The Environment and Industry, The Market,
Competition, Suppliers, Customers
16 Internal Factors: The Management Team, Board Effectiveness: Corporate Governance,
Corporate Identity, Specialist Advisors, BEE, Organisational Strategy, Products and Services,
Human Resources, Marketing, Sales, Process Planning, Systems and Administration, Financial
Management, Financial Resources, Innovation, International Business.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Executives, Managers, and Consultants who offer advice and expertise to business owners and/or
individuals who have their own businesses and who wish to successfully grow the business.
Contact The Business School of South Africa for a customized proposal to suit your needs!
w ww ww w. .b bu us si in ne es ss ss sc ch ho oo ol l. .c co o. .z za a
0 08 86 6 1 12 23 3 B BS SS SA A ( (2 27 77 72 2) )
doc_485368288.pdf