EFQM Advanced Strategic Planning for Organizational Excellence

Introduction:

For a company to evolve and achieve significant progress, it must undertake a comprehensive transformation of its mission, goals, and processes. This involves enhancing operations across all dimensions and integrating activities into an effective vertical coordination at different organizational levels.

Conventional management practices often fall short for such substantial changes. Advanced strategic planning, guided by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model, is essential for achieving this level of transformation. This EFQM Advanced Strategic Planning for Organizational Excellence will explore how to attain excellence in strategic planning using EFQM standards. Participants will gain a deep understanding of corporate strategic planning, including its definition, processes, and steps necessary for successful implementation.

Objectives:

By the end of the EFQM Advanced Strategic Planning for Organizational Excellence, participants will be able to:

• Apply best practices and methodologies for strategic planning according to EFQM standards.
• Analyze and evaluate organizational strategies based on quality standards.
• Formulate and develop strategies that meet internal and external requirements while maintaining high performance.
• Implement various stages of strategic management using models of excellence.

Training Methodology:

• Expert-Led Workshops
• Case Study Analysis
• Group Discussions
• Simulation Exercises
• Best Practice Showcases
• Interactive Panels
• Process Mapping Sessions
• Benchmarking Activities
• Real-Life Application Projects
• Peer Review and Feedback
• Strategic Planning Framework Exercises

Course Outline:

Unit 1: European Excellence Model - Basic Introductions

• EFQM history
• The global significance of the European Excellence Model
• Evaluation systems and excellence criteria
• Management and quality awards

Unit 2: Criteria for Excellence Model (EFQM)

• Leadership
• Policies and Strategies
• Human Resources
• Resources
• Operations
• Results and Outcomes
• Community and Human Performance

Unit 3: Strategy Development

• Relationship between strategy and excellence models
• Vision and mission development
• Goal and plan formulation
• Implementation mechanisms

Unit 4: Building Strategy and Institutional Excellence

• External and internal climate analysis
• Strategic direction and goal setting
• Strategy formulation and execution
• Monitoring and updating strategies

Unit 5: Creative Planning and Outstanding Performance

• Conceptual explanations of planning
• Benefits and types of creative planning
• Practical exercises

Unit 6: Strategic Planning and Quality Management

• S-P concept and strategic planning issues
• Features and advantages of strategic planning
• Porter’s perspective and quality-based strategic planning

Unit 7: Effective Planning System Design

• Designing successful plans
• Overcoming planning obstacles
• Creative forecasting tools
• Principles of effective planning

Unit 8: Skills Supporting Strategic Planning

• Control and information systems
• Strategic incentive and communication systems
• Work teams

Unit 9: Future Leadership and Strategic Planning

• Future managers and leaders
• Preparing for future challenges
• Japanese experience and creative planning models

Unit 10: Strategic Planning Laboratory and Management of Excellence

• Developing action plans for departments
• Avoiding planning mistakes
• Environmental impact surveys
• Reviewing past planning experiences