Leading Strategic Planning
- Online delivery
- eClass
- 21 hour course, no prerequisites
What you will learn
By the end of this course you should be able to:
- Explain the reasons for strategic planning and management in organizations.
- Articulate how strategic planning can contribute to the success of the organization.
- Use strategic management vocabulary appropriately.
- Distinguish between strategic planning, business planning, and program planning.
- Define the purpose and scope of the strategic plan as a tool for adapting the organization.
- Identify the key steps in strategic planning.
- Conduct strategic analysis (SWOT) for the internal and external environments.
- Define the purpose and scope of the organization's mission, vision and values statements.
- Develop a strategic vision based on the analysis.
- Identify an organization's strategic issues and then formulate appropriate strategies and goals to achieve the vision.
- Critically analyze the strategic plan in relation to the organization's resources.
- Explain how these strategies can be implemented, evaluated, modified and controlled.
This course has no prerequisites
Students from all educational backgrounds welcome. You can register for this course without applying and enrolling in a program.
Offered:
Fall courses: all online
All courses will be delivered online, including many that were previously unavailable in the online format.
If you do see a program on our website announced as an in-person or downtown Edmonton offering, please disregard the format – but not the program. There will be no in-person offerings through the Faculty of Extension for the Fall term.
Get ready to keep learning! Register for a course and join us online this Fall.
Your Instructor
Sharon Cameron
Synchronous online learning, eClass
In synchronous online courses, students move through the course material at the same pace as their peers. These courses also provide learners with pre-scheduled online lectures that have the instructor and students interacting at the same time. All components of this type of course are accessible through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool. format details
Weekday evening (Thu)
Oct 22, 2020Dec 3, 2020
6:15 pm – 9:15 pm
Class info
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This is a synchronous course that features live online activities at predetermined times. To start your online learning experience visit www.ext-leo.ca/students For the real-time classroom sessions, a computer with both audio input and output (such as a microphone-equipped headset) is required. This class requires a post-work component to be completed after the last class meeting. This information will be communicated to you via the class syllabus prior to the class start date. Please contact the Program Office for details.
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Cost assistance: May be eligible for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant and the Canada Training Benefit. (view all)
Corporate multi-registration packages are available for most Extension courses. Contact us at excorp@ualberta.ca for preferred pricing. -
Open for registration until October 22, 2020. Register at least one week before the course start date to secure your spot. If space is available you may register until the day the course starts.
Your Instructor
Sharon Cameron
Asynchronous online learning, eClass
In asynchronous online courses, students are expected to move through the course material at the same pace as their peers, but there are no real-time virtual classroom sessions to attend. All components of this type of course are accessible through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool. format details
Self-scheduled sessions
Feb 3, 2021Feb 24, 2021
Class info
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This in an online self-paced course to be completed within the start and end dates specified. To start your online learning experience at the Faculty Extension, visit www.extension.ualberta.ca/elearning
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Cost assistance: May be eligible for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant and the Canada Training Benefit. (view all)
Corporate multi-registration packages are available for most Extension courses. Contact us at excorp@ualberta.ca for preferred pricing. -
Open for registration until February 3, 2021. Register at least one week before the course start date to secure your spot. If space is available you may register until the day the course starts.
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* If you are already enroled in this program, please refer to your specific program requirements as outlined at the time of your admission: Bear Tracks > Academic Advisement.
You can register for and take a course without applying and enrolling into the program.
We recommend that you apply to the program as soon as possible to lock in your course requirements as they are subject to change.
Looking for different course dates?
New course schedules are released each June and October.
- 2 scheduled
- Online delivery
- 21 hour course, no prerequisites
Fall courses: all online
All courses will be delivered online, including many that were previously unavailable in the online format.
If you do see a program on our website announced as an in-person or downtown Edmonton offering, please disregard the format – but not the program. There will be no in-person offerings through the Faculty of Extension for the Fall term.
Get ready to keep learning! Register for a course and join us online this Fall.