Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional Training Course in Kuala Lumpur
Facilitated by Radu Cocean, Strategy and Business Planning Expert this course was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between 7th and 9th of February 2018 and is part of a series of certification courses dedicated to rigorous usage of strategy in practice. 
In the first day, the course agenda covered the following subjects:
- Impact, mission, values;
- Business model and value drivers;
- Internal capabilities and SWOTM analysis;
- Vision and goals.
The second day sessions covered the following discussion topics:
- PESTEL Analysis;
- Porter 5 Forces Model;
- SWOT analysis & scenario planning;
- Competitive strategies.
In the third day of the course the next themes were approached:
- Growth strategies;
- Objectives and KPIs;
- Portfolio of initiatives and action plan;
- Strategy visualization and alignment;
- Review and Certification Exam.
In order to enable both the theoretical understanding and practical experience of using a variety performance management tools and techniques for deploying KPIs correctly across different industries and functional areas, some of the methods used throughout the course were:
- Group discussions, exercises, simulations and case studies;
- Explanation of the theory regarding performance measurement;
- Presentation of the performance management templates as tools to support the integration of performance management practices in organizations;
- Customized feedback regarding the present use and the future plans for implementing performance management systems;
- Active involvement of all the participants in a collaborative learning environment where opinions and experiences are shared.
The course was attended by professionals from Malaysia and Indonesia having different backgrounds and areas of expertise in their working fields like Oil & Gas, Education / Training and Utilities.
Before beginning the course, sharing challenges of previous experience in working with strategy was encouraged and some of them were:
- Environmental scanning and SWOT Analysis;
- Strategy Formulation;
- Environmental scanning;
- Strategy visualization and Communication.
Participants were invited to express some learning needs and they communicated the following expectations from the course:
- How to structure the Strategy/business planning in order to write a good proposal;
- Communicating, implementing and recalibrating strategy;
- Risk management;
- Methodology in linking the strategic initiatives to operational initiatives.
In addition to the training sessions, the learning experience is comprised of a pre-course stage, a core course stage and an after-course stage. Upon participating at the face to face training course and completing all the activities on our eLearning platform participants receive the following:
- Certificate of Completion (soft copy): after completing pre-course activities and passing the Certification Exam;
- Certificate of Attendance (hard copy): after participating at the 5 days of on-site training course;
- Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional diploma (hard copy): after you have successfully completed all of the 3 stages of the learning experience.
We strongly advise participants to ensure they will receive the Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional title, as this certification recognizes the professionals’ ability to develop strategies to ensure a successful performance management.
To find out more details, please visit the Strategy and Business Planning Professional certification page.
If the opportunity of customized Strategy and Business Planning training courses is of interest to you, email us at office@kpiinstitute.org and you will receive a tailored offer.
For more information, contact one of our representatives:
Alexandru Muntean
alex.muntean@kpiinstitute.com
