Business Orientation: Strategic Organizational Goals

Intermediate
  • 13 videos | 48m 58s
  • Includes Assessment
  • Earns a Badge
  • Certification PMI PDU
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Discover how to frame the strategic vision for an organization and align organizational activities to achieve defined strategic goals in this 13-video course. Examine how to align objectives with goals, make the strategic plan effective, and revise and improve the plan. Key concepts covered here include terms associated with organizational business strategy and commonly used approaches to establish goals; the process involved in defining strategic goals and aligning organizational activities to achieve set goals; and guidelines to follow while performing a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis on an organization's current business environment. Learn how to establish vision and mission statements; learn best practices involved in establishing SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely) business objectives and the importance of aligning it to organizational strategic goals; and learn key considerations to keep in mind when drafting strategic plans to meet defined strategic goals. Finally, learn how key performance indicators can help monitor and evaluate effectiveness of strategic plans in meeting set strategic goals; and learn guidelines to adopt for an effective strategic plan.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Discover the key concepts covered in this course
    Define key terms associated with organizational business strategy
    Recognize the commonly used approaches to establish the organizational strategic goals
    Describe the process involved in defining the strategic goals and aligning the organizational activities to achieve the set goals
    Recognize the guidelines to follow while performing a swot analysis on the organization's current business environment
    Establish vision and mission statements that will motivate organization to achieve set strategic goals
    Recognize the best practices involved in establishing smart business objectives
  • Describe the importance of aligning smart business objectives to organizational strategic goals
    Describe the key considerations to keep in mind when drafting a strategic plan to meet defined strategic goals
    Recognize how key performance indicators can help monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategic plan in meeting set strategic goals
    Describe the guidelines to adopt for an effective strategic plan
    Recognize the need to continuously review and improve the strategic plan
    Summarize the key concepts covered in this course

IN THIS COURSE

  • 1m 33s
  • 2m 49s
    During this video, you will learn how to define key terms associated with organizational business strategy. FREE ACCESS
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    3.  Approaches for Organizational Strategic Goals
    5m 19s
    After completing this video, you will be able to recognize the commonly used approaches to establish organizational strategic goals. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Strategic Planning Process
    5m 24s
    After completing this video, you will be able to describe the process involved in defining the strategic goals and aligning the organizational activities to achieve the set goals. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Assessing the Current Business Environment
    5m 54s
    After completing this video, you will be able to recognize the guidelines to follow while performing a SWOT analysis of the organization's current business environment. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Drafting Vision and Mission Statement
    3m 42s
    In this video, learn how to establish vision and mission statements that will motivate your organization to achieve set strategic goals. FREE ACCESS
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    7.  Framing SMART Business Objectives
    3m 13s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to recognize the best practices involved in establishing SMART business objectives. FREE ACCESS
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    8.  Ensuring Alignment of Objectives with Goals
    3m 14s
    After completing this video, you will be able to describe the importance of aligning SMART business objectives with organizational strategic goals. FREE ACCESS
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    9.  Planning to Meet Set Objectives
    4m 7s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to describe the key considerations to keep in mind when drafting a strategic plan to meet defined strategic goals. FREE ACCESS
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    10.  Metrics to Evaluate Strategic Plan
    3m 15s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to recognize how key performance indicators can help monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategic plan in meeting set strategic goals. FREE ACCESS
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    11.  Making the Strategic Plan Effective
    5m 50s
    After completing this video, you will be able to describe the guidelines for an effective strategic plan. FREE ACCESS
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    12.  Revising the Strategic Plan
    3m 20s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to recognize the need to continuously review and improve the strategic plan. FREE ACCESS
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    13.  Course Summary
    1m 18s

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