Strategic Management and Project Planning for Development Intervention
CONTEXT
Strategic management is a technique you can use to create a favorable future and help your organization to prosper. The key to strategic management is to understand that people communicating and working together will create this future, not some words written down on paper. Strategic management does not replace traditional management activities such as budgeting, planning, monitoring, marketing, reporting, and controlling. Rather, it integrates them into a broader context, taking into account the external environment, internal organizational capabilities, and your organization's overall purpose and direction. Planning is an iterative activity. If the world did not change, we would only have to develop one plan and stick to it.
However, we live in a turbulent world. In such a world we need a planning model that allows us to anticipate thefuture and to use this anticipation in conjunction with an analysis of our organization--its culture, mission, strengths and weaknesses--to define strategic issues, to chart our direction by developing strategic vision and plans, to define how we will implement these plans and to specify how we will evaluate how well we are implementing these plans
OBJECTIVE
The workshop objectives include
- Understanding strategic management process in development sector.
- Stimulating in individuals need to develop strategic thinking skills for initiating development plans.
- Analysing personal strategic initiative that will add value and drive result.
- Generating interest in and commitment to living and working more strategically.
- Facilitating knowledge sharing and peer learning among development professionals & planners based on their experiences and best practices in the development management.
- Equiping practitioners, project partners or external evaluators with the knowledge and expertise to be able to conduct their own planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting which is critical to any organization,donar or government department involved in development projects and programmes.
CONTENTS
- What is the requirement of Strategic Management
- Management of people - building a cohesive team, resolving conflicts, maintaining motivation, achieving good communications and reaching group decisions
- Reviewing the organization's current capacities and future needs.
- Introduction to the Logical Framework Approach/Resource Based Management
- Identification of Assumptions and Risks
- How to produce a Plan of Action
- Key concepts and approaches in evaluations (effectiveness, efficiency, impact, relevance and sustainability)
- How planning can help you to proactively avoid project pitfalls
- Applying advanced planning and monitoring techniques
- Organizing your project to maximize productivity and leverage strengths and talents
OUTCOME
- Prepared to face uncertainty better. Able to bring some structure of their future and take better control of their future
- Ready to manage change and shifts in their work environment
- Adapt to change before they have to (forced to)
- Manage or reduce unwanted surprised.More competitive and add value
- Able to balance daily tactical pressures and demands with strategic initiatives
- Learn how your planning can be more practical, realistic and accurate
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This practical and output-oriented training program is intended for training executives, managers and/or planners. Project managers, program managers and executives who want to develop better project plans and results. Also ideal for project teams or key stakeholders to participate together in building a comprehensive integrated project plan.
DURATION
5 days 4 nights
FEES
Indian Delegates: Rs. 23,500 12.5% Service Tax (Includes Tution Fee, Study Material and Full Lodge and Board with all time meals).
International Delegates: Euro 1250 (early bird till 1 Nov 2008) actual fee is Euro 1400 covering full residential accomodation on twin sharing (Includes Tution Fee, Study Material and Full Lodge and Board with all time meals).
Participants have to meet and plan their own travel arrangements to reach the training venue along with their return plan. The above fee includes tuition fee and all time stay full lodge board for 4 nights and 5 days at 4 star accommodation in Goa, India
GROUP DISCOUNT SCHEME
Discount follow up scheme is available as per details below for specific participants. Cover full lodge /board tuition fee & reading material etc.
- Discount on the 2nd delegate 10% fee waiver.
- If more than 3, discount on the 4th delegate 30% fee waiver.
INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES GUIDELINES
All insurance including travel documents, visa etc must be obtained at your own. Training organization will not be responsible for any failure on your part.
CONTACT DETAILS
For more information, please contact: Programme Coordinator;B-9/6233, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070
TelePhone: 91 - 11 - 26896151 TeleFax: 91-11- 26130242
Email: priyanka@aidmat.com; workshop@aidmat.com