A plan that never leaves the page costs an organisation just as much as having no plan at all, maybe more, because of the time spent writing it. This course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy starts from that practical reality: administrative planning only has value when it is employed inside the institution, not filed away as a document.

The programme treats administrative development as everyone's responsibility, not a task limited to top management, and builds the skills needed to translate planning concepts into clear objectives, sound decisions, and day-to-day action. Participants also work on the communication and people-management skills that keep any plan alive once it leaves the meeting room.

Arab British Fellowship Training Academy offers this course to the following categories:

• Managers of institutions and companies, and heads of administrative departments.
• Employees in planning and administrative development departments.
• Business school students.

After completing the program, participants will be able to master the following topics:

• Identify the managerial, leadership, and operational skills needed to solve problems and lead teams creatively.
• Develop traditional problem-solving patterns into more effective approaches.
• Translate innovative ideas into clear, executable action plans.
• Anticipate future challenges and prepare practical ways to face them.
• Apply the fundamentals of strategic thought to short- and long-term organisational goals.

Module 1: Why Plans Fail Without Follow-Through

• The history and importance of administration in the success of institutions.
• What administrative development really means, and how it connects to planning.
• Administrative planning as an advisory function that drives real change.

Module 2: Foundations of Administrative Planning

• Core concepts of management planning.
• Principles that underpin administrative development.

Module 3: Turning Plans into Institutional Practice

• How to employ management planning inside real institutions.
• Practical methods of administrative planning.

Module 4: Solving Problems and Deciding With Confidence

• Structured problem solving and decision-making.
• Self-assessment: understanding your own locus of control.
• Self-assessment: how ready are you for what comes next.

Module 5: Leading People Toward Shared Objectives

• Selecting, evaluating, and training individuals for their roles.
• Understanding individual behaviour and forming effective teams.
• Building problem-solving teams and applying goals-oriented leadership.

Module 6: Communication as a Planning Tool

• Communication models, types, and core elements.
• Effective communication skills and common obstacles.
• Linking effective communication to short- and long-term objectives, with practical cases.

Module 7: From Objectives to Strategic Thought

• Concepts, goals, and skills of future foresight.
• The scientific basis of strategy and the core skills for building strategic thought.
• A practical approach for the strategic leader to achieve short- and long-term goals.