STRATEGIC PLANNING COURSE (LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA)

A home distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a diploma in Strategic Planning. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Strategic Planning is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for an exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning level 3 diploma Strategic Planning course is a fully comprehensive course, minimum prior knowledge is required.

This Quality Assured Strategic Planning LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA specifically looks at providing the theory and concepts towards the journey of Business Strategic Planning.

Strategic planning is an organisation's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. Various business analysis techniques can be used in strategic planning, including SWOT and PEST analysis.

Strategic planning is the formal consideration of an organisation's future course. All strategic planning deals with at least one of three key questions:

1. "What do we do?"
2. "For whom do we do it?"
3. "How do we excel?"

The course will appeal to students of Management and Business Administration who are looking for a practical foundation in this subject area. In addition, Business Managers wishing to expand their horizons into strategic business planning will find this course an invaluable guide into the theory and practice of strategic planning.

Key Topics

 The course consists of 10 detailed topics, designed to give the student a thorough understanding of the area.

Module 1 - Introduction to Business Strategic Planning

Module 2 - The journey of strategy making

Module 3 - Accepted theories and concepts of strategic planning

Module 4 - Stakeholder Analysis and Management

Module 5 - Developing Models of Strategic Planning

Module 6 - The method approach to strategic planning

Module 7 - Working with teams - group approach to strategic development

Module 8 - Maps and Models for Workshops

Module 9 - Methods of Delivery - Implementing Strategic Concepts

Module 10 - Concepts of Interlock - integrating strategic planning into the business framework

Course Assessments

Final online multiple choice examination - 100% of the final mark

When you have completed the programme, your tutor needs to verify that you have worked through all parts of any Workbooks, Activities and Exercises successfully.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, you will be awarded your diploma by OLQA as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

All students must be 16 years of age and above.

The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course, however a minimum prior learning to GCSE standard would prove beneficial to students in order to manage their studies and the assumed knowledge within the course content.

This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Strategic Planning and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.