Objective:
The course objective is to prepare managers for planning within organizations through a process that includes strategic planning and project management.
Learning Outcomes:
- Use project management tools to manage projects
- Use the appropriate decision-making process to select projects, using cost/benefit analysis and other factors
- Direct a strategic planning effort for emergency services
- Assess team functionality, the elements of applied strategic planning model, and initial stages of project management as described in textbooks using case studies
- Apply the strategic planning model to an issue of concern in communities
- Demonstrate application of strategic planning principles in a presentation
- Create a model project plan that will include a project definition, work breakdown structure, responsibility matric, and project schedule
- Present a strategic plan and project presentation that demonstrates effective application of strategic planning and project management principles
General Course Topics:
- A strategic planning
- Project management
- 'the last place on earth' video case study