Beyond the Spreadsheet: A Training Course for Planning and Follow-up Department Managers (Online / Remote)
1Summary
A planning department can produce beautifully formatted statistics and still fail the company, if no one connects those numbers to an actual decision. Beyond the Spreadsheet, an Integrated Training Course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, is designed for planning and follow-up managers who want to refine their own abilities specifically to move administrative work forward, not just document it.
Across the program, participants develop planning and follow-up skills side by side, learning how to prepare clear, comprehensive statistical tables covering every procedure and activity in the company, while also gaining an advanced, detailed understanding of how to analyze the data behind those plans. The goal throughout is practical: useful solutions that genuinely contribute to developing the company's work, built on detailed plans prepared by careful planning committees.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Managers of companies and owners of service, commercial, and industrial establishments.
- Managers of strategic planning offices in advanced institutions.
- Corporate compliance and supervision department staff.
- Directors of statistics offices and data scheduling in companies.
- Statisticians, analysts, and anyone working on the company's technological modernization.
Knowledge and Benefits:
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Apply modern planning and follow-up concepts and understand the stages needed to achieve business goals.
- Formulate plan objectives based on the institution's actual current situation and set corrective procedures.
- Apply advanced monitoring, follow-up, and statistical methods, using recently adopted advanced techniques.
- Use advanced information-system programs and stay current with updates relevant to follow-up and planning.
- Prepare and present a comprehensive work plan, explaining its implementation and control mechanisms.
3Course Content
Module 1: Foundations of Modern Planning Leadership
- Introduction to modern leadership and smart management concepts.
- Planning and strategic planning skills.
- The relationship between operational planning and strategic planning.
Module 2: Building and Tracking the Strategic Plan
- Stages and steps for preparing strategic plans.
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Stages and procedures for preparing a detailed administrative plan using a scientific planning method.
- Forecasting tools and methods for anticipating the future.
Module 3: Decision-Making and People Skills
- Making sound decisions based on reliable information.
- Sensing future problems and addressing them proactively.
- Reading colleagues' personalities and knowing how to manage them.
- Time-management mechanisms and setting priorities.
Module 4: Innovation and Communication in Planning Work
- Innovation and creativity skills applied to planning and follow-up work.
- Effective communication skills across departments.
Module 5: Statistics, Analysis, and Reporting
- Formulating comprehensive statistics covering the company's work.
- Analyzing statistics from the follow-up and planning departments to reach sound decisions.
- Reading statistics to identify administrative faults, based on statistical reports.
- Report-writing skills within the office and advanced monitoring committees.
Module 6: Technology, Trends, and Institutional Follow-up
- Using technology and information systems within follow-up and planning offices.
- The role of specialized offices in reading global and societal trends adopted by leading international companies.
- The functions of follow-up offices in effectively supervising company plans and projects.
- Follow-up and audit skills for matching completed projects against approved policies and plans.