Meeting the Challenge of 21st Century Global Business
The Advanced Strategic Management Program
The Advanced Strategic Management Program
The Advanced Strategic Management Program
ML78
07.Jun.2026 to 11.Jun.2026
Manama (Bahrain) - Fraser Suites Seef Bahrain
Cost3650 £ GBP
Course overview
Who Should Attend
Course Outline
Associations
Schedular and fees
Introduction
This Strategic Management Program will enable experienced managers and specialists to advance their existing knowledge and skills in business strategy and contribute significantly to the development of their teams and organizations in a rapidly changing and increasingly competitive global business environment.
This Advanced Strategic Management Program examines the new business challenges we face today. We must prepare ourselves and our employees to deal with significant changes in markets, competitive structures, technology, operational relationships, and organizational structures. It is a fast-paced training course that provides the opportunity to improve strategic management capability through the introduction and application of cutting-edge thinking and best practices in national and international operations development.
This training course is intensive, comprehensive, and interactive in nature. This will allow participants to generate new ideas for their area of business while also gaining an understanding of the strategic impact of their personal specializations on the overall performance of the organization.
This course will highlight the following major issues:
Structural change in international business and its implications for strategic management
Aligning strategy, structure, culture, and operations
Developing our teams for the new challenges of 21st-century business
Designing and resourcing strategic plans that can be executed effectively
Managing the effective execution of strategic plans
Course Objectives of Advanced Strategic Management Program
At the end of this training seminar, The Strategic Management Program, delegates will leverage their experience and deepen their management and leadership skills in the following activities of strategic management:
Enhancing your personal contribution in meeting corporate objectives
Achieving leadership success in directing and focusing the work of your teams
Setting demanding and realistic strategic and operational goals and targets
Strengthening alignment of strategic and operational management
Improving and developing strategic thinking in the whole team
Course Methodology of Advanced Strategic Management Program
The Management Programme training course is designed as a highly interactive learning and personal development mechanism for experienced managers. The methodology is based on participative learning and sharing of experience. This will involve a detailed analysis of strategic issues and decisions using real-life case examples for discussion and case studies for group work. This will involve applying leading-edge analytical tools. It will be based substantially on strategic decisions in real-life situations in which the course leader has been personally involved so that outcomes can be presented, discussed, and evaluated for their applicability in each delegate’s own organization.
Organizational Impact of Advanced Strategic Management Program
By sending delegates to this Global Horizon training course, the organization will gain the following benefits:
Better decision-making leading to improved business performance
Development and cascading of strategic thinking across the whole organization
More ambitious targeting and goal setting at all levels of the organization
Sharper focus and greater effectiveness in planning at strategic and operational levels
Higher consistency in the execution of strategic program and projects
Creative and original ideas for strategic, operational, and organizational development
Personal Impact of Advanced Strategic Management Program
By attending this training course delegates can expect to gain the following personal development benefits:
Detailed appreciation of the trends that influence 21st-century business development
Understanding best practice in aligning strategic and operational management
Learning how to use tools and techniques of strategic analysis and planning
Improved personal leadership and team-building skills
Identifying and introducing innovative approaches to management
Preparation for higher-level operational and strategic management responsibility
Who Should Attend
This training course, The Strategic Management Programme, will be presented at an advanced level. Delegates will need to have substantial senior management experience, including involvement in deciding the direction of their part of the organization if they are to understand and apply the material that is presented and thereby gain the full benefit from this training course.
Delegate characteristics are as follows:
Proven career potential that now requires a high-level understanding of strategic management
Significant senior level operational management experience in their organizations
Experienced specialists in corporate finance
Human resource managers who contribute to long-term staff development
Specialists in supply chain design and logistic systems
Course Outline
DAY 1
Identifying New Opportunities in Global Business
What does globalization mean and what are its biggest challenges?
Why Global Economic and Business Structures are Changing
Understanding Comparative Advantage and Competitive Advantage
Managing Transition – What activity belongs where?
DAY 2
New Mechanisms that Support Global Business Development
Effective Business Models for an Increasingly Integrated Environment
The Strategic Relevance of the Responsive and Agile Organization
Post-merger and Post-acquisition Management as Major Challenges
Collaboration as a means of Accelerating Global Development
Product and Process Innovation in Global Strategy
DAY 3
Organizational and Human Resource Development
The Process of Creating and Managing High-performance Teams
Developing the New Generation of Potential Senior Managers
Flexible, Extended, and Virtual Organization Structures
Mentoring and Coaching – The new roles for senior managers
The Strategic Implications of the Flattening Organization
DAY 4
Best Practice in Strategic Management
Strategic Planning in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing Business Environment
The Main Strategic Priority – How to gain and sustain profitable growth?
Building the Business Model – Achieving the optimum outcome
Creating an Effective Linkage between Strategy and Operations
The Concept of Alignment – How to keep your teams focused and on track?
DAY 5
Ensuring Effective Execution of Strategic Plans
The Framework of an Effective Strategic Plan
Setting up and Managing an Effective Strategic Planning Team
Resourcing the Planning Process and Projecting Inputs and Outputs
Presenting and Communication the Strategic Plan to Your Operations Teams
Leading the Execution of the Strategic Plan
Final Questions, Answers, and Deciding Personal Follow-up Actions
Course Leader’s Summary and Overview of the Whole Course
