• Understanding and developing skills necessary to set goals and complete work on time.
• Understanding how delegation can be used in setting of goals and planning.
• Considering methods of improving decision making
• Recognizing internal and external influences on our daily planning and decision making
• Developing the ability to make higher quality decisions as individuals and teams.

• Supervisors
• Managers
• Executives
• Anyone who is involved in developing and implementing plans.

Day 1

• Setting the organization's purpose, vision, mission, values and goals 
• Understanding of the status of the organization, team and personal work
• Initial resource requirements
• What is a strategic goal?
• How to plan for strategic goals
• Environmental scan
• Personal SWOT analysis
• The SMART Goals & how to set them.
• Making an Action Plan
• The reasons for planning
• Elements of a good plan

Day 2

• Assignments, priorities, and deadlines
• How to spot what needs to be done
• Exploring options
• Logical thinking
• Brainstorming
• Identifying key activities
• Critical path analysis
• Plan execution tools.
• Evaluation of the plan and its impact
• Control mechanisms.
• Assessing impact

Day 3

• Implementing change
• Risk management 
• Effective ways of strategic decision making
• Decision levels, planning and techniques
• Business/marketing plans
• The importance of group skills to achieve team success
• Empowering the team through delegation and decision making
• The importance of effective communication in team relations

Day 4

• Tools to make strategic decisions.
• Identifying key activities
• Critical path analysis
• Plan execution tools.
• Evaluation of the plan and its impact
• Control mechanisms.

Day 5

• Implementing change
• Assessing impact of decision 
• Business/marketing plans
• The importance of group skills to achieve team success.
• Empowering the team through delegation and decision making
• The importance of effective communication in team relations

Rectus attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.