2nd Group Training Course for Developing Countries

“Health Economics: Principles, Methodologies, Evaluation

and Decision Making in Developing Countries”

No ve mber 1 8 to December 1 9 201 2

Strategic Planning Workshop Thursday 6 December, 2012

10.30 – 15.30

Instructor: Prof. Yasser El-Wazir

Objectives

By the end of this workshop, the participants should be able to:

1. Define strategic planning, and list its essential steps

2. Perform an environmental scan using SWOT analysis

3. Develop strategic goals

4. Formulate a measurable result

5. Draft an action plan

Second Group Training course in Health Economics: Principles, Methodologies, Evaluation and Decision Making in Developing Countries

Strategic Planning Workshop

Thursday 6 December, 2012

Instructor: Prof. Yasser El-Wazir

Timetable

10.30 – 11.30 Strategic Planning: An overview, Presentation Prof. Yasser El-Wazir

11.30 – 13.00 Performing SWOT analysis, Identifying strategic goals, Formulating one SMART objective, Small group session

13.00 – 13.30 Break

13.30 – 15.00 Presenting the output of the small groups, Large group discussion

15.00 – 15.30 Wrap-up

Second Group Training course in Health Economics: Principles, Methodologies, Evaluation and Decision Making in Developing Countries

Strategic Planning Workshop Thursday 6 December, 2012

Small Group session Performing SWOT analysis, Identifying strategic goals, Formulating one SMART objective

Instructor: Prof. Yasser El-Wazir

Time: 90 minutes

Assuming that you are the director of the health economics office in the MOH, and you have already developed your own vision and mission, which can be something like: (Small groups can modify the mission and vision statements)

Mission: Provision of consultancy services to the MOH on health economics and related health policy issues

Vision: Optimum allocation of resources for better health

Assignment of the small groups

Reviewing mission and vision statements 15 minutes

Based on the above vision and mission, scan your internal and external environments using the SWOT analysis (write 2-3 items in each one of the four sections of the analysis). 40 minutes

Based on the SWOT analysis, list 5-6 broad areas that your team can work in, to achieve its mission. Then, identify the three most critical priorities among those areas (strategic goals). 20 minutes

In the context of one of these strategic goals, write down 3-4 specific actions, and formulate one of them as a SMART objective (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound). 15 minutes