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Planning and Strategy Courses in Abu Dhabi

Almost every organization has a strategy written down somewhere. Not many have one that people still look at a few weeks after it's been presented. Each strategic management course in this category is about closing that gap, so a plan turns into targets, regular reviews and decisions that last the year. CompuBase Training Center is an ACTVET-licensed institute in Abu Dhabi (license No. 725). We have 13 courses here. Most take three days, and four take five.

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Strategic Thinking and Planning
Developing and Implementing the Business Plan
Strategic Planning From Planning to Execution
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Morning or eveningMonday to Friday
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ACTVET No. 725Licensed in Abu Dhabi
Where to start

Enroll in a Strategic Planning Course That Fits Your Level

It happens all the time. Someone puts a plan together in January and presents it well, and by April nobody mentions it. Usually there was nothing wrong with the ideas. The trouble was that no one tied them to KPIs, put a review date in the calendar or took charge of the next step. Fixing that is what these courses are for.

You don't have to be a director to take a strategic planning course. We see plenty of team leads and planning officers who've just been asked to help with a strategy and want to get it right. Classes are in English or Arabic, there are morning and evening groups, and the exercises are based on actual planning work.

Popular coursesDaysBest for
01 Strategic Thinking and Planning 5 days Managers building or refreshing a strategy 02 Developing and Implementing the Business Plan 3 days Turning goals into a working business plan 03 Setting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 3 days Measuring whether a plan is on track 04 The Balanced Scorecard: Achieving Performance Excellence 3 days Linking strategy to performance across departments 05 Transformational Change & Strategic Leadership 3 days Senior leaders steering an organization through change 06 Feasibility Studies: Preparation, Analysis and Evaluation 5 days Testing a project before money is committed
The courses

Choose from 13 courses

Strategic Thinking and Planning 5 days 01

Strategic Thinking and Planning

An organization without a clear strategy is like a ship adrift without a rudder.

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Developing and Implementing the Business Plan 3 days 02

Developing and Implementing the Business Plan

This course offers a practical, step-by-step approach to creating and executing business plans.

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Strategic Planning From Planning to Execution 5 days 03

Strategic Planning From Planning to Execution

Strategic planning creates value only when it leads to clear choices, coordinated action, measurable results, and disciplined execution. Organizations often invest significant effort in developing strategic plans but struggle to translate broad ambitions into priorities, initiatives, ownership, resources, performance measures, and management routines that sustain implementation.

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Competitive Strategies and Value Innovation 3 days 04

Competitive Strategies and Value Innovation

Sustainable competitive advantage requires organizations to understand where competition is heading, make deliberate strategic choices, and create value in ways that are difficult to imitate. Competing only on existing industry factors can lead to price pressure, incremental improvement, and strategic similarity. Value innovation challenges organizations to rethink what customers and stakeholders value and to redesign the combination of benefits, costs, experiences, and capabilities that define their competitive position.

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Crisis Management 5 days 05

Crisis Management

This course equips participants with practical crisis management strategies and solutions, focusing on the effective implementation of Crisis Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3i), along with stakeholder management.

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Managing Strategic Reviews 3 days 06

Managing Strategic Reviews

Business reviews—whether conducted monthly, quarterly, annually, internally, externally, departmentally, or organization-wide—can vary significantly in their effectiveness.

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Strategic Decision Making in Competitive Environments 3 days 07

Strategic Decision Making in Competitive Environments

Strategic decisions are made in environments where information is incomplete, competitors react, stakeholder interests differ, assumptions may change, and the consequences of choices can extend far beyond immediate operational results. Effective strategic decision making therefore requires more than analysis; it requires disciplined framing, evidence-based judgment, awareness of uncertainty, anticipation of competitive response, and the ability to make clear trade-offs.

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Transformational Change & Strategic Leadership 3 days 08

Transformational Change & Strategic Leadership

This course is designed to equip leaders and senior management with the skills and knowledge to navigate the rapidly changing business environment driven by swift and often turbulent market shifts.

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Setting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 3 days 09

Setting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

This course delves into the essential world of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), exploring their various types, applications, and significance in different areas of business.

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The Balanced Scorecard: Achieving Performance Excellence 3 days 10

The Balanced Scorecard: Achieving Performance Excellence

The Balanced Scorecard, developed by Dr. Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School and Dr. David Norton, is a practical tool for aligning business activities with an organization's vision and strategy.

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Analytical and Structured Thinking 3 days 11

Analytical and Structured Thinking

In today's intricate business environment, possessing strong analytical skills is vital for professionals aiming to contribute strategic value to their organizations.

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Feasibility Studies: Preparation, Analysis and Evaluation 5 days 12

Feasibility Studies: Preparation, Analysis and Evaluation

This course is designed to equip participants with the essential skills needed to prepare, analyze, and evaluate feasibility studies.

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Strategy Management in the Public Sector 3 days 13

Strategy Management in the Public Sector

This course delves into the critical role of national competitiveness and explores the strategy pyramid within the public sector.

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01 — Planning & Strategy

Book Strategic Business Planning Training for Your Next Plan

Strategic business planning training should begin with a few simple questions. Where are we today? Where do we want to get to? What are we going to stop doing so we can get there? Strategic Thinking and Planning spends five days on exactly that. Strategic Planning From Planning to Execution concentrates on the delivery side.

If your work is more about figures, business planning training is a sensible first step. Developing and Implementing the Business Plan takes you through it one stage at a time, from the first draft right through to rollout. Some people also take Analytical and Structured Thinking, which helps when senior managers start asking tough questions about the numbers.

02 — Planning & Strategy

Register for KPI, Scorecard and Strategic Review Courses

A plan you can't measure is a plan you can't check. Setting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) helps you pick targets that show real progress rather than just how busy everyone is. The Balanced Scorecard then connects those measures across four areas: finance, customers, internal processes and learning.

Reviews are just as important. Managing Strategic Reviews looks at how to run monthly, quarterly or yearly reviews that end in decisions, not in another long slide deck. For government and semi-government teams, there's Strategy Management in the Public Sector, which approaches strategy from the angle of national competitiveness.

03 — Planning & Strategy

Sign Up for Business Strategy Short Courses Around Your Work

Business strategy short courses work well when you can't be away from the office for long. Most of ours last three days, and we run morning and evening groups in Abu Dhabi. That means the skills you practice early in the week can go straight into the targets you set later in it.

Not all planning goes to plan, of course. Crisis Management runs for five days and looks at how to lead, make decisions and keep people informed when something goes seriously wrong.

Want a strategic planning course online? Please check with us before booking whether your course can be run as a live virtual class.

Not sure yet?

Enroll in the Strategy Course That Matches Your Role

We get asked about the best strategic management courses quite often. Really, it comes down to what you do. If you're the one writing the plan, begin with Strategic Thinking and Planning. If you're the one tracking it, go for KPIs or the Balanced Scorecard. If you're leading the change, Transformational Change & Strategic Leadership is the strategic leadership and planning course UAE managers usually choose. And for a wider set of management skills, our leadership and management courses are worth a look.

Why learn with CompuBase
Built around a full working week.
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Licensed in Abu Dhabi

A training centre licensed by ACTVET, with official test centre and vendor partnerships.

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Morning or evening

Every course runs Monday to Friday, with a morning group and an evening group to fit around work.

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Completion certificate

Finish the course and collect your CompuBase completion certificate, with exam guidance where the course leads to one.

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In-house for teams

Any course here can be delivered privately for your organisation, at our campus or yours.

Corporate training

Request a Quote for Corporate Strategic Management Training in the UAE

A strategy tends to stick when the people delivering it have learned it side by side. For that reason, a lot of organizations book corporate strategic management training in the UAE for a whole leadership team or planning department at once. We can run any course from this category at your office in Abu Dhabi, Dubai or another emirate, with examples taken from your sector. Have a look at our corporate training page or fill in the form below. We'll send a proposal with the content, number of days and cost.

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    Tell us the team size and what needs to change.

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    We send back content, days and cost.

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    At your office anywhere in the UAE, or at our Abu Dhabi campus.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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01What is the difference between strategic planning and business planning?

Strategic planning decides an organization's long-term direction and priorities. Business planning turns that direction into specific goals, budgets and actions, usually covering one to three years.

02Which strategy course should a new manager take first?

Most new managers begin with Strategic Thinking and Planning. If they mainly track team performance, Setting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is often the better start.

03How long are the courses in this category?

Most take three days. Strategic Thinking and Planning, Strategic Planning From Planning to Execution, Crisis Management and Feasibility Studies take five.

04Is there a strategic business planning course for government teams?

Yes. Strategy Management in the Public Sector is designed for government and semi-government organizations, and CompuBase can also run it privately for one department.

05Are strategy courses available in Arabic for government teams?

Yes. CompuBase teaches its planning and strategy courses in Arabic as well as English, which suits ministries and public bodies that plan and report in Arabic.

06Can you run a strategy workshop for our leadership team?

Yes. CompuBase can deliver any course in this category as a private workshop for your leadership team, either at your office anywhere in the UAE or at our Abu Dhabi campus.

Contact Us to Plan Your Training

Still working out which course suits you? Call us on 02 677 1117, WhatsApp us on 056 689 3378, or send a message through our contact page. Tell us what you're planning this year, and we'll recommend a course and let you know when the next one starts.

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