Description: Explore strategic planning and change leadership models required to implement strategic initiatives. Students will learn a systematic approach for the development of strategic plans as well as an implementation model to lead through times of strategic change.
Learning Objectives: LO1: Understand the fundamental principles, concepts, components, and analytic techniques involved in strategic planning.
LO2: Understand the fundamental principles, approaches, and models of strategic leadership.
LO3: Define and develop your skills as a strategic leader in identifying and assessing the importance of environmental factors, internal factors, and key external and internal stakeholders.
LO4: Define and develop your skills as a strategic leader in building a strategic vision and plan for your organization and implementing strategy as a change leader.
LO5: Develop a foundation for your personal approach to strategic planning and strategic leadership and apply it to your own practice.
LO6: Understand the role of the Board of Directors/Trustees in the strategic planning and leadership processes.