Strategy Management in the Government and Public Sectors

Why Attend

The public sector’s role and its classical paradigm of slow movement is changing. This fast paced change requires a specialized look at the meaning of strategy management in this key sector. Compared to private sector organizations, the public sector has a tremendously complex network of stakeholders, partners and customers with varying expectations. Beyond that, each public sector entity needs to understand its role in achieving higher purpose goals that meet the competitive ambition of the jurisdiction in which it operates.

In this course, we will discuss the importance of competitiveness as a nation. We will also deep dive into the elements of the strategy pyramid in the public sector looking at setting a national vision, cascading this vision to entities, putting the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure success, deciding on public policy and collaborating with partners to execute the strategy through initiatives.

Overview

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

Course Methodology

The course reviews best practices in strategy management from different nations around the globe. We will look at national and entity level examples from the UAE, Singapore, the UK, the US, and other nations. The main strategy management framework used is the balanced scorecard which is tailored for this sector. Participants will practice each element of the strategy management process through real life case studies and engaging activities.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Describe the overall public sector structure and the need for competitiveness to achieve national prosperity and growth
Translate stakeholder ambition and needs into a strategic plan to achieve an entity’s mandate
Employ the public policy development process effectively to achieve the strategic plan
Design and manage strategic initiatives and cross-entity collaboration mechanisms to effectively execute strategies
Utilize a practical performance management system to develop and sustain a performance culture

Target Audience

All managers and professionals who are involved in influencing, formulating or supporting the planning and strategy of their government or semi government entity, department or corporation. The course is also beneficial to those who are responsible for linking, measuring and improving the performance of the organization, including sector and department managers, strategy or performance management professionals, balanced scorecard managers, and research analysts.

Target Competencies

Strategic thinking and planning
Service innovation
Performance management
Partnerships development
Policy making
Leadership skills
Critical thinking
Public sector competitiveness skills

Ambition and role of the public sector

Benefits of strategic management in the public sector
Illustrating types of institutions in the public sector
Strategy management framework in the public sector
Public sector strategy definitions
Cascading the national vision to entity level
Examples of national visions of nations
Defining strategic themes linked to citizens’ needs
Role of government in achieving themes
Determining underlying national outcomes and KPIs
Using international indices in target setting
Measuring a nation's ability in building a competitive environment
Becoming competitive as a nation: Porter’s model

Strategic planning in the public sector

Building a strategy map tailored to the public sector
Answering the 3 questions of the strategic planning process
Using SWOT analysis
Fundamentals of PEDESTL framework
Determining stakeholders and customers: building a stakeholder map
Cascading national outcomes and KPIs into sectors
Developing vision and mission statements
Developing strategic objectives and KPIs using the balanced scorecard model

Public policy development

Understanding public policy and its uses
Linking public policy to strategic planning
Phases of public policy development
Determining root causes of a policy problem
Defining types of policies
Developing policy options
Criteria to consider when assessing policy options

Managing strategic initiatives and partnerships

Building initiative charters
Assessing the impact of initiatives
Understanding partners’ roles and cause and effect relationships
Determining accountabilities
Designing delivery agreements between different stakeholders
Ensuring cross-entity collaboration

Designing the Performance Management System (PMS)

PMS purpose and guiding principles
Selecting, validating and documenting KPIs and targets
Collecting, measuring and documenting results
Analyzing performance and root causes
Reporting performance
Conducting operational and strategy review meetings collaboratively
Utilizing performance improvement plans

$3975

Istanbul

Country: Turkey

Duration: One week

Date: 10–14 Nov 2025

$3975

Barcelona

Strategy Management in the Government and Public Sectors

Overview

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

Course Methodology

Course Objectives

Target Audience

Target Competencies

Ambition and role of the public sector

Strategic planning in the public sector

Public policy development

Managing strategic initiatives and partnerships

Designing the Performance Management System (PMS)

$3975

Country: Turkey

Duration: One week

Date: 10–14 Nov 2025

$3975

Country: Spain

Duration: One week

Date: 15–19 Jun 2026