Strategic Business Planning - vision to reality

Course Name :
Strategic Business Planning - vision to reality
Target Audience :
Anyone who want to learn how to put together a detailed business plan.
Venues
Date Time Venue
12-05-2011 9.30am -4.30pm 145-157 St John Street, London EC1V 4PY or Central London (depending on numbers)
12-12-2011 9.30am -4.30pm London EC1V 4PY or Central London (depending on numbers)
08-09-2011 9.30am -4.30pm London EC1V 4PY or Central London (depending on numbers)
07-07-2011 9.30am -4.30pm 145-157 St John Street, London EC1V 4PY or Central London (depending on numbers)
10-11-2011 9.30am -4.30pm London EC1V 4PY or Central London (depending on numbers)
Fee :
Normal Price £250 + VAT Special Price £165 + VAT (Early Bird)
Course Objectives :
The aim of this course is to enable participant to learn skills for putting together strategic business plans for any type of organisation.
Contents :

The course is designed to provide participants with a step by step guide on how  to put together a compelling strategic business plan to realize the vision and mission of their organisation/ business.  The course includes all aspects of business planning as well as introduction to  financial forecasting (i.e. profit and loss forecast, balance sheet forecast and cashflow forecast).    Whether you are just starting a new organisation, looking for finance to fund your organisation, this course will help you to achieve your organisational business planning goals.

Participants get to learn:


1. The importance of putting together  a business plan  & misconception of business planning

2. What is a business plan


3. The difference between strategic planning and business planning


4. Strategic planning in action using different models and its link to business planning


5. Scope and contents of a business plan


6. How to clarify your vision and mission as well as put together your vision and mission statement


7. How to develop  corporate strategy, business goals  and targets

8. How to identify and scope out your  target markets and their buying criteria so that you can put together an effective marketing strategy/ plan for effective marketing.


9. Defining and clarifying your products features and benefits, as well as your pricing strategies


10. Using  PEST Analysis and Porters 5 Forces to analyse your external operating environments


11. Determine indirect and direct competition and put together a unique selling preposition

 
12. Exploring and identify gaps in


13. Identify and evaluate SWOT analysis and put together milestones


14. Risk assessment and develop risk management strategies for business success


15. Understanding marketing mix and put together effective marketing  strategies and

16Tips for  presenting your business plan effectively to stakeholders.

Lots of opportunity for group working and discussions

We offer in-house training courses for organisations with 10 or more staff. We cover the entire UK so please contact us  directly to find out more about this. Participants can also get a qualification certificate from the Institute of Leadership at the end of this session for a small additional fee.