Course 1: The Strategic Planning Process
Credit
CPE:3.5
Publisher
IMA
Description
The goal of this course is to explore the fundamentals of strategy, examine the components of a strategic management system, and consider the ways finance and accounting professionals can be business partners in the strategy-making process.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Define strategy, competitive advantage, and the components of the strategic management system
- Recognize how the strategic management system can add value to an organization
- Describe the building blocks of strategy and their role within strategy formulation
- Identify the opportunities for the finance team to get more engaged in the strategic planning process