Any manager (from the for-profit or not-forprofit sectors) who has to forecast and then win resources and budgets. Any manager who has to translate strategic goals into successful, practical implementation plans. Any manager who has to justify a return on his or her budget

Whether you manage in a ‘not for profit’ organisation, a government department or agency, a business large or small, all have goals, targets and budgets. This 2-day course is designed to help managers to prepare more robust strategic goals and better implementation plans. It also helps you to justify the cost-effectiveness of your budget and your resources.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• prepare effective strategic and implementation plans
• apprehend the change implications of your plan
• describe the contents of a typical business plan
• forecast more effectively 
• understand the financial and resource implications of your business plan
• justify and evaluate the costs and resource requirements of your plan 
• manage the processes and timescales of planning 
• use scenario planning techniques to think ‘outside the box’ 
• generate and screen options to meet the challenges and opportunities.