Creativity and innovation in planning, follow-up and leadership at work Course

Introduction

    The importance of training courses is not only limited to professional life, as most of us think but training courses aim to transfer knowledge and practical experiences that enrich the skills of individuals and enhance their self-confidence, which contributes to the preparation of cadres which in turn contributes to the development and progress of institutions. Therefore, Strategic Vision Training Center aims to enhance the skills and experiences of individuals through the strongest training programs to keep pace with every development in the labor market.

Course Introduction

This course equips participants with essential skills in planning, follow-up, innovation, and leadership.
It focuses on practical methods for preparing realistic plans, evaluating performance, and implementing improvements.
Participants will learn to innovate, manage change, and lead teams effectively in today’s dynamic business environment.

Course Objectives

Participants will gain the necessary skills and methods to plan, follow up, and implement programs effectively. Specifically, they will learn to:

• Apply planning techniques to set realistic goals and programs at all organizational levels.
• Monitor implementation and make appropriate corrections.
• Build positive thinking as a foundation for innovation, excellence, and adapting to global transformations.
• Prepare plans and programs and evaluate performance to achieve excellence.
• Apply effective planning and remote follow-up methods in practice.
• Foster innovation as a culture in planning and business follow-up.
• Establish dynamic, effective organizations that achieve excellence through innovation.
• Promote creative coordination and support Quality of Work Life (QWL) and its core values.
• Manage comprehensive and continuous change and development.

Course Content

1. Global Changes and the Need for Innovation

• Understand new global variables affecting business (tripartite system for managing the global economy).
• Explore the impact of global transformations on administrative work.
• Identify behavioral and organizational components needed to handle new developments.
• Examine current administrative practices in business institutions.
• Recognize the inevitability of managerial innovation.

2. Creative Thinking, Innovation, and Excellence

• Define innovation and its importance in organizations.
• Identify the characteristics of innovative personalities.
• Understand obstacles to innovation and how to overcome them.
• Learn innovation strategies.
• Understand the concept of excellence and the link between innovation and institutional excellence.
• Explore modern approaches:
  • Total Quality Management (TQM)
  • Quality Circles
  • Employee Empowerment
  • Strategic Management (SM)
  • Benchmarking (BM)
  • Administrative Reengineering
  • Balanced Scorecard (BSC)
  • Six Sigma (SS)
  • European Excellence Model (EFQM)
• Participate in an applied laboratory in institutional innovation.

3. Modern Trends in Planning and Achieving Creative Excellence

• Define planning and understand its benefits.
• Differentiate between strategy and tactics, management by objectives, and its elements.
• Learn planning steps, including SWOT analysis.
• Explore modern follow-up methods:
  • Follow-up by exception
  • Follow-up with results
  • Invisible follow-up

4. Creativity and Innovation in Planning and Follow-Up

• Understand the dual link between planning and follow-up in the modern era.
• Learn how innovation supports effective planning and follow-up.
• Develop skills to solve work problems creatively.
• Transform creative ideas into organizational plans.
• Apply traditional and innovative methods to solve coordination problems.

5. Administrative Innovation and Change Management

• Study innovative organizations and evaluation models.
• Understand creative organizational culture and organizational innovation requirements.
• Learn organizational variables that facilitate creativity.
• Explore stages of an organization’s innovative process.
• Understand types of organizations according to creativity levels.
• Overcome organizational obstacles to innovation and foster a climate for creativity.
• Participate in an organizational innovation laboratory.
• Learn change management:
  • Concepts
  • Dimensions
  • Importance
  • Approaches and methods
• Deal with resistance to change effectively.

6. Anticipating the Future and Drawing Scenarios

• Learn the concept of anticipating future challenges and drawing expected scenarios.
• Define challenges from macro and micro perspectives.
• Apply innovative tools to anticipate the future and improve institutional excellence.
• Understand innovation and excellence as foundations for future work development.
• Explore UAE Vision 2021 objectives and related strategic and operational projects.
• Apply change management tools aligned with innovation and excellence standards.

7. Excellence in Creative Solutions and Mental Fitness

• Learn innovative approaches to problem-solving.
• Explore types and levels of innovative and creative approaches.
• Apply steps in mental cooperation processes for effective teamwork and decision-making.

Benefits

Participants will leave the course with:

• Practical tools for planning and leadership
• Ability to lead innovation in teams and organizations
• Skills to solve problems creatively and effectively
• Improved capacity to manage continuous change and performance

Who Should Attend

• Team leaders
• Middle and senior managers
• Project coordinators
• Professionals preparing for leadership roles

Training methods:

• Case studies and practical exercises

• Role-playing

• Work simulation exercises

• Related videos

• Visual display

• Group workshops

• Guidance

Preparing the training bag

• At Strategic Vision Training Center, we are always keen on providing the best standards for the training content we offer

• Each program and training bag should include several axes:

           Analysis - Design - Development - Implementation – Evaluation

• In addition to, specialized team in designing training materials with the best quality standards which is appropriate to the needs and variables of training

Preparation of the training environment

One of our top priorities

• Choosing a training site, which is easy to be accessed by the trainees and that the training halls are suitable for the training program in terms of quality and luxury standards that we are keen on

The following factors are taken into consideration when choosing a training hall:

•  General atmosphere (space - system - ventilation)

•  Equipment of the hall (a place for rest periods - the quality of the offered food and beverage)