Strategy deployment and organizational development

Target groups:

• Leaders of Operational Excellence (OPEX) and Business Improvement Programs
• Leaders Responsible for Strategy Processes
• Leaders Responsible for Digitalization Strategies
• Key Line Managers
• Improvement Experts and Key Employees

Important topics in this course:

1. Strategy Planning and Deployment: Learn how to design the strategy process and effectively define and implement strategic initiatives.
2. Agile Governance Structure: Design a governance structure for operational control, re-planning, and continuous improvement.
3. Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and OKR: Apply BSC and OKR methodologies in the strategy deployment process.
4. Business Process Management (BPM): Utilize BPM techniques to focus strategy development, ensure operational control, and drive continuous improvement.
5. Value Stream Management (VSM): Implement VSM to enhance end-to-end performance for products and services.
6. Operational Excellence: Design a program with processes and roles for targeted development of the organization’s performance.
7. Digitalization Projects: Use recognized improvement methods and tools to successfully complete digitalization projects (e.g., ERP, CRM).

Further details on the course content

• Session 1 (3 days)

  Content:

  • Operating models, business systems, and business improvement systems
  • Overarching, practical model for strategy development and implementation
  • Core values and Lean management principles to shape the culture
  • Hoshin Kanri as a process for strategy development and implementation
  • Balanced Scorecard and OKR as methods in the strategy process
  • Business Process Management (BPM) as a key component in strategy development
  • BPM to ensure operational control and continuous improvement of performance
  • Value Stream Management (VSM) as a framework for targeted improvement of end-to-end performance
  • Value stream maps to focus and improve the business ecosystem analysis
• Session 2 (2 days)

  Content:

  • Design and implementation of Operational Excellence and Business Improvement Programs
  • How to use the Business Improvement System (BIS) for implementing various staff initiatives, including Quality, Sustainability, Compliance, Brand, and HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment)
  • Presentation of a case study on the strategic use of the OpEx / Improvement program to achieve ambitious goals for organizational efficiency
  • Review of the DMAIC and DMADV/DADIC methods for process improvement and process design projects
  • Application of the DMADV/DADIC method in digitization projects

Practical details

• Summary of tools and methods
  • Hoshin kanri
  • Balanced ScoreCards
  • Business Process Management (BPM)
  • Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
  • The Catchball principle
  • The X-matrix
  • Operating Model
  • SWOT
  • PESTEL
  • Porter 5 forces
  • Enterprise process model (EPM)
  • The DMADV/DADIC methods for process improvements
  • Radar chart

  Some of the methods and tools are described at the introductory level, others are described thoroughly.

• This is provided two weeks before the course start
  • Agenda for the course
  • Recommended preparation
  • Requirements for diploma and certification
  • Other practical information
• Diploma and certification

  Diploma: To receive a diploma for successful completion, you must have participated in 4 of 5 course days.

  Certification: The course is part of Aksena’s Black Belt course. The requirements for becoming Black Belt certified can be found in the description for the Black Belt Lean Six Sigma course.

• Course Inclusions

  Course Inclusions:

  • Electronically distributed course materials
  • Colored compendium for participants attending in person
  • Lunch every day

  Accommodation in connection with the course must be organized and paid for by the participants themselves.

Trainers

Sven H. Danielsen

Partner, Ph.D

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Henning Bakken

Partner

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