Goal Setting, Strategic Planning, and Decision Making

Introduction

Over the years, the competitiveness of business has been growing faster with a more elaborate focus on goal setting, planning and implementation management, and decision-making. Organizations must embrace more productive planning approaches and formulate management objectives that enhance operations, addressing the needs of clients and stakeholders. In other words, when companies use productive practices, they are able to control processes in the course of work and make alterations to achieve better operating results.

This course provides participants with comprehensive insights into specific management methods, processes, and techniques. It contains practical tasks to help learners implement these management principles effectively, resulting in better and more efficient managerial performance.

Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Acquire practices of logical time management aimed at goal setting and performance.
• Identify the factors that affect the planning process and decision-making, either internally or externally.
• Employ basic planning instruments to generate work strategies.
• Set objectives and targets quickly and logically.
• Create and follow timelines related to work deliverables.
• Propose improvements to decision-making techniques.
• Delegate responsibilities effectively in goal-setting and planning.
• Describe the roles of helping individuals within teams.
• Develop constructive peer relations using persuasive methodologies.
• Make superior decisions at individual and group levels.
• Advance performance via efficient management systems.
• Develop relevant work objectives for individuals and groups.
• Utilize management skills to prioritize, determine, and achieve objectives.
• Enhance working relationships to improve group collaboration.
• Engage in organization and management of tasks and decision-making.
• Carry out effective procedures within the organization.
• Complete tasks on time and within the allocated budget.
• Help enhance both goal setting and achievement.

Training Methodology

• Interactive lectures
• Group discussions
• Case studies
• Role-playing activities
• Simulations
• Real-world examples
• Problem-solving sessions
• Peer feedback
• Action planning

Course Outline

Unit 1: Current Status of Setting Goals, Planning, and Decision Making

• Overview and context of organizational change and its impact on goals, planning, and decision-making
• Understanding the current status of the organization, team, and personal work
• Review of management processes and skill areas
• Using a planning process to set goals and get work started

Unit 2: Importance of Goal Setting and Planning Management

• Integrating goals, scope, work structure, and management planning
• Identifying initial resource-based constraints
• Identifying risk techniques affecting work assignments, priorities, and deadlines
• Communication addressing who, what, where, when, how, and why
• Understanding the relevance of good quality planning during task distribution

Unit 3: Setting Priorities and Making Decisions in the Planning Process

• Using planning to ensure task priorities are established
• Planning for time management, scheduling, and meeting deadlines
• Integrating functions into a final work plan
• Improving communication and listening skills
• Preparing for delegation of responsibility and authority
• How to make effective decisions

Unit 4: Working With Your Team

• Assessing team members' skills and understanding their usefulness
• Understanding group skills and team success
• Importance of relationships in individual and team decision-making
• Encouraging the group at different levels by delegating responsibilities and powers
• Finding common means of interaction to facilitate effective team management

Unit 5: Developing Activities Towards Planned Change

• Creating solutions and improvements for individual or team efforts
• Recognizing and understanding changes in behavior patterns during the change process
• Methods for determining team and individual change objectives
• Working with reluctant change recipients
• Formulating actionable strategies for individual and group transformation