Lecture Program
May 17, 2003
9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. – Welcoming Address / Opening Remarks
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA, Jerusalem
10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Concepts of Strategic Planning & Management
Dr. Rafiq Husseini, Welfare Association, Jerusalem
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Concepts of Strategic Planning & Management, contd.
Dr. Rafiq Husseini
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Needs Assessment – Concepts and Methodologies
Dr. Varsen Aghabekian, Associate Professor, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
3 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Exercises: (1) But Why Technique; (2) Nominal Group Technique
Dr. Varsen Aghabekian
May 18, 2003
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Visioning and Vision Statements
Dr. Rafiq Husseini
10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Break
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Mission Statement and Writing Organizational Goals
Dr. Rafiq Husseini
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Writing Vision/Mission Statements and Organizational Goals
Dr. Rafiq Husseini
3 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – SWOT Analyses Exercises (based on respective organization as a case study)
Dr. Rafiq Husseini
May 19, 2003
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Human Resource Planning
Dr. Varsen Aghabekian
10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Break
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Human Resource Planning and the Management Cycle
Dr. Varsen Aghabekian
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – Specific Development Issues in Human Resource Management
Dr. Varsen Aghabekian
2:45 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Break
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Exercises – Writing Job Descriptions & Specifications; Developing an Orientation Plan
Dr. Varsen Aghabekian
May 20, 2003
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Elements of Strategic Management: Strategic Analysis – Choice and Implementation
Dr. Hussam Sharqawi, Director of Emergency Preparedness, Palestine Red Crescent Society
10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Break
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Elements of Strategic Management: Continued; Tasks in Implementing the Strategy
Dr. Hussam Sharqawi
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Operations Management
Dr. Hussam Sharqawi
3 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Exercises
Dr. Hussam Sharqawi
May 21, 2003
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Managing Change
Dr. Hussam Sharqawi
10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Break
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Managing Conflict
Dr. Hussam Sharqawi
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Managing Crises
Dr. Hussam Sharqawi
3 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Exercises on Managing Change-Conflict-Crises
Dr. Hussam Sharqawi
May 22, 2003
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Common Pitfalls in Strategic Planning – Evaluating Your Strategic Plan
Dr. Varsen Aghabekian
10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Break
11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Common Pitfalls in Strategic Planning – Evaluating Your Strategic Plan
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Final Discussion and Wrap-up
