A plan that nobody follows up on is just a document — and one of the most common reasons projects drift off course is not a lack of planning, but weak follow-up once the plan is in motion. Preparing a plan is demanding mental work in itself, requiring a clear grasp of the problem being solved and the material and human resources needed to solve it; but the plan only earns its value once someone is actively tracking it against reality.

This Training Course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy gives participants the scientific methods behind building a solid work plan and the follow-up systems that keep it on track, so that plans translate into results rather than staying on paper.

Key Outcomes:

• Understand the concept, importance and stages of planning needed to achieve work objectives.
• Apply scientific and creative methods for preparing a work plan and its follow-up systems.
• Implement corrective procedures for executing the plan and evaluate results effectively.
• Develop a system for evaluating organisational performance continuously.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers of commercial institutions and companies.
• Chiefs of management sections.
• All employees in advanced leadership departments.
• Business administration students at universities.

Module 1: Why Plans Fail Without Proper Follow-Up

• The scientific framework of the managerial process and the importance of planning
• The concept of planning and follow-up and its significance to project-level work

Module 2: Building the Work Plan — Objectives, Resources and Methods

• Information, objectives and standards that shape a plan
• Methods of formulating the objectives of a work plan from a study of the current situation
• Planning the resources and means required for the plan

Module 3: Detailed Planning Across Business Functions

• Stages and procedures for preparing detailed activity plans
• Applying planning across financial, marketing, production and workforce activities

Module 4: Quantitative Tools and the MBO Framework

• Tools and methods of forecasting, planning and follow-up, including PERT
• Planning and follow-up within a Management by Objectives (MBO) system

Module 5: Measuring and Developing Planning Efficiency

• How to measure the efficiency of planning and follow-up, and suitable ways to develop it
• Administrative and behavioral skills in setting business plans and activities, and analyzing performance obstacles
• Follow-up methods, procedures and comprehensive follow-up systems

Module 6: Building an Evaluation Culture

• The role of the evaluation function in organisational success and individual development
• Integrating administrative evaluation with strategic plans, and the role of senior management