Developing Strategic Thinking Acumen Curriculum Outline
Developing the Capacity to Think Strategically
Overview/DescriptionDo you look at organizational opportunities and problems from a broad perspective? Do you keep in mind the potential impact your decisions and everyday business may have on other stakeholders in and outside the organization? Do you take a holistic view of the issues you face in your day-to-day activities? A strategic thinker does all these things and, by doing so, helps an organization reach its strategic goals. But strategic thinking isnt just for top executives. Its important that all functional managers, departmental leaders, and professionals in an organization learn how to think strategically. It can help them better manage their business units. With the goal of helping you to develop your capacity to think strategically, this course describes what strategic thinking is – in particular, how it differs from operational thinking and strategic planning. It explores the personal traits of effective strategic thinkers, as well as some barriers to strategic thinking. And it describes ways you can help develop your capacity for thinking strategically by recognizing the importance of being creative, being prepared to deal with the complexity of different levels and views, and being aware of whats going on inside and outside your organization.
Target AudienceFunctional managers, professionals, departmental leaders, and all individuals in key roles who want to develop or refine their strategic thinking skills
Expected Duration (hours)1.0
Lesson Objectives Developing the Capacity to Think Strategically
Describe the characteristics of strategic thinking Distinguish between different levels of strategy Determine which traits of a strategic thinker are exemplified in a given scenario Recognize examples of how you can develop the capacity to think strategically Course Number:
stgy_08_a01_bs_enus Back to ListDeveloping the Strategic Thinking Skill of Seeing the Big Picture
Overview/DescriptionWhen you think strategically, you consider the impact of your decisions and activities over time. You take a step back and assess how everything fits with everything else. This type of holistic, or big picture, thinking is almost constantly used by effective strategic thinkers. Big-picture thinking generates ideas and possibilities, stretching beyond short-term concerns or a parochial focus on one part of the organization. This course aims to help you develop this strategic thinking skill. It describes how the ideas of systems thinking can help you elevate your perspective, become skillful at making sense out of opposites and contradictions, and better understand cause and effect while managing your department. It also explains actions you can take to encourage big-picture thinking, such as aligning your department goals with those of the organization, considering how your actions and decisions affect a variety of stakeholders, and identifying and analyzing external factors. In addition, the course describes how understanding the organizational value chain can help you connect to the organizations strategy and strategic plans and, in turn, implement them more effectively.
Target AudienceFunctional managers, professionals, departmental leaders, and all individuals in key roles who want to develop or refine their strategic thinking skills
Expected Duration (hours)1.0
Lesson Objectives Developing the Strategic Thinking Skill of Seeing the Big Picture
Recognize how to use the ideas of systems thinking to gain a sense of the big picture Choose the approaches that best take into account external organizational factors in a given scenario Recognize actions that encourage big-picture thinking in relation to the internal context of an organization Recognize how an understanding of the organizational value chain can help you see the big picture Course Number:
stgy_08_a02_bs_enus Back to ListUsing Strategic Thinking Skills
Overview/DescriptionTo think strategically, you must engage in both creative and analytical thinking. Deliberate, rational, and precise thinking is important, but so is being able to think outside the box, seeing a broad range of possibilities and envisioning an ideal future. This course focuses on how to use strategic thinking skills, such as analyzing information effectively and thinking creatively. It describes steps that can help you formulate a mind-set that enhances strategic thinking. It also explains how to use information in a way that generates strategic insight. And the course explores how to assess trade-offs involved in taking a particular course of action and then make an appropriate decision in light of strategic issues. Additionally, it outlines techniques that help you think creatively and thereby enhance your strategic thinking.
Target AudienceFunctional managers, professionals, departmental leaders, and all individuals in key roles who want to develop or refine their strategic thinking skills
Expected Duration (hours)1.0
Lesson Objectives Using Strategic Thinking Skills
Recognize steps that can help you develop a strategic mind-set Recognize how to use information effectively to support strategic thinking Describe how SWOT analysis can support strategic thinking Determine the most appropriate trade-off in a given situation Recognize techniques that help you think creatively Course Number:
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Developing Strategic Thinking Acumen
This self-paced online training course introduces individuals to the essential concepts of developing
strategic thinking acumen. Strategic thinking plays an important part in the organizational development of a company and
its employees. Professionals who can utilize this tool can develop themselves personally and create teams or groups that
can consider all the factors and work with unparalleled efficiency. These strategic thinking skills can be imperative to
increasing one’s own corporate worth and leadership skills. In this online training course, professionals will learn the
basic stepping stones to properly using tactics and organizational behavior to better apply themselves as employees, and
more importantly, as leaders.
With CBT Direct’s Online Training for Developing Strategic Thinking Acumen, professionals will learn some of the
features, skills and basic concepts involved in applying strategic thinking in the workplace. These skills can increase
the worth of your contributions in the workplace as well as fostering these abilities in co-workers and teams within ones
company. Our online training will explain methods of problem solving and proper questioning techniques that will strengthen
managerial potential and skills.
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Training
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Who Benefits from CBT Direct’s Online Developing Strategic Thinking
Acumen Training?
Our self-paced online training is designed for functional managers, professionals, departmental leaders,
and all individuals in key roles who want to develop or refine their strategic thinking skills.
What Professionals Will Learn from CBT Direct’s Online Developing Strategic Thinking Acumen Training
CBT Direct’s online training course describes what strategic thinking is – in particular, how it differs from
operational thinking and strategic planning. Learners will explore the personal traits of effective strategic thinkers,
as well as some barriers to strategic thinking. Finally, you will examine ways to help you develop your capacity for
thinking strategically by recognizing the importance of being inside and outside your organization.
This self-paced online course examines how the ideas of systems thinking can help you elevate your perspective,
become skillful at making sense out of opposites and contradictions, and better understand cause and effect while
managing your department. You will also explore how understanding the organizational value chain can help you connect
to the organization’s strategy and strategic plans, and implement them more effectively.
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This course examines how to use strategic thinking skills, such as analyzing information effectively and thinking
creatively. Learners will identify steps that can help you formulate a mind-set that enhances strategic thinking.
This course will explain how to use information in a way that generates strategic insight. Additionally, this self-paced
course will outline techniques that help you think creatively and thereby enhance your strategic thinking.
Developing Strategic Thinking Acumen
