PPSP-Undersecretaries

Public Policy & Strategic Planning Program (Undersecretaries)
برنامج السياسات العامة والتخطيط الاستراتيجي (مسار أصحاب السعادة)

Dear Undersecretary,

To ensure that you draw maximum benefit from the workshop on Strategic Thinking and Planning, please identify a strategic objective linked to the 10^th Five-year Development Plan (FYDP) that your ministry/authority/entity is leading.

Your selected strategic objective should be sufficiently challenging with one or more of the following characteristics:

Involve several stakeholder groups with conflicting and competing needs and expectations
Broad (lack specific) and/or ambiguous (open to more than one interpretation) goal, scope, outcomes and/or outputs
May take more than 3 years to achieve the desired goal(s)
Operating environment is dynamic, unpredictable, and risky
Require resources and competencies that are scarce or unavailable in your ministry/authority/entity

Be prepared for your strategic objective to be selected as a case study for your table team during the workshop.

Please complete your responses before the 19th of December 2022.

Kindly note that the information collected from this survey will be confidential and only used for the purpose of the program.

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Use the template below to complete the information on your strategic objective.

Strategic Objectivee.g. Increase capacity and productivity of SMEs in the manufacturing sector.

Goal(s)e.g. 1. To provide more job opportunities in the private sector in manufacturing sector (must jobs be technical in nature? Can they be administrative and other support functions in SME?) 2. To promote private sector leadership of national economy through increased contribution to GDP.

Scopee.g. Only manufacturing SME companies with growth potential (eligibility criteria) – does manufacturing apply to both products and services?

Outcomese.g. 1. Workforce requirements of participating SMEs to increase by 10,000 jobs by 2025, 2. 10% increase in its share of GDP by 2025

Outputse.g. 1. Vocational and diploma programs in STEM subjects to increase student intake by 3000 per year by 2023, 2. Capacity building programs to expand overseas markets for Oman manufacturing SMEs

Estimated duratione.g. 3 years

Stakeholderse.g. Educational institutions, secondary school students, Oman Manufacturing SMEs, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion

Operating environmente.g. High inflation, economic slowdown in major economies, trade tensions, supply chain disruptions. Project might not meet target by 2025 if there is a recession in the US and EU, and another steep fall in crude oil price.

Resourcese.g. Educators with knowledge of latest manufacturing technologies, Consultants to help SMEs expand international footprint and share of digital economy. Can we build enablers fast enough to churn out the number of STEM workers for manufacturing sector?

Competenciese.g. Curriculum development and pedagogy, consulting, project management.

Please complete the short survey below:

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Strategic Thinking Attributes
Strategic Management Cycle
Policy cycle
Complex vs Complicated Systems
Wisdom of Crowds
Strategic Capabilities
Programs, Projects, Initiatives
Outcomes vs Outputs
Operational effectiveness
Disruptive strategies
Strategic choices
Strategic probes

Public Policy & Strategic Planning Program (Undersecretaries)برنامج السياسات العامة والتخطيط الاستراتيجي (مسار أصحاب السعادة)

Public Policy & Strategic Planning Program (Undersecretaries)
برنامج السياسات العامة والتخطيط الاستراتيجي (مسار أصحاب السعادة)