Strategic Planning incorporates all aspects of the organization: its mission and culture, its leadership and human capital, the competitive environment, the size and complexity of the organization, its assets and resources, and its needs. Strategic planners must have a vision of their company's future, create specific action plans for achieving goals, assess and minimize risk, use resources efficiently, execute on a plan, manage the project, measure results and refine strategies-all the while protecting current income streams.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with a concentration in Strategic Planning allows business students the opportunity to learn from strategic planning theorists and case histories, use project software to integrate specific solutions and specifications into a cohesive and testable plan, and develop communication and negotiation skills to win support and tap scarce resources.

What skills can I learn?

Students who successfully complete the BSBA with a concentration in Strategic Planning should be able to:

• Demonstrate the ability to use various accounting tools, concepts and theories to facilitate strategic decision making.
• Use economic analysis to evaluate titleernative courses of action.
• Understand risk management and be able to conduct risk analysis.
• Plan human resource requirements to support strategic initiatives.
• Describe how local, regional, national, and/or international circumstances affect business decisions.
• Discuss legal and ethical issues associated with business strategies and operations.
• Apply organizational and management theories to interact effectively in organizational contexts that require leadership of groups and other types of effective interpersonal interactions.
• Demonstrate the ability to plan and manage a project, measure results and refine strategies for success.
• Integrate financial, legal, economic, marketing research, human resources planning, and risk factors in a cohesive and testable strategic or business plan.

The BSBA with a concentration in Strategic Planning includes the following built-in Professional Certificates:

• Basics of Accounting and Finance
• Business Fundamentals
• Business in the Global Environment
• Decision Making in Operations
• e-Business Management
• Management Essentials (with elective HRMT440)
• Organizational Systems Improvement (with elective HRMT440)
• Professional Communications
• Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship

These Professional Certificates can be earned without additional courses.

Colorado Technical University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Colorado Technical University is a CHEA member and is accredited by a CHEA-recognized accrediting organization.