The Newkirk Group

FOCUS: MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

Duration: 1 Hour

This presentation discusses the business infrastructure, management attitudes and commitments, and the technology and evolutionary approach required at your company to become a winning company. This presentation introduces the participants to the rationale and values behind the Executive Vision 21 as an action lever leading your company to attain Competitive Leverage through Peak Performance. The Presentation progresses from Vision 21 planning and design to implementation and operations. This presentation also discusses the management versus technical perspectives of Vision 21 as well as the organizational and personnel issues that impact the management of a high quality Vision 21 environment operating at appropriately defined levels of Peak Performance.

The Newkirk Group designed this presentation to introduce the Executive Vision 21 to senior managers. The senior management staff is charged with guiding, evolving, and implementing the Vision as an integrated, motivated, and self-directed team. The objectives of this presentation are to:

• Provide an orientation of the Presidential Vision 21 as an introduction to the evolutionary mission of your company;
• Discuss how to apply the Vision 21 solution to the business agenda;
• Explain the relationship between Vision 21, I/S, Operations, and the business processes;
• Investigate the leadership factors that impact the successful introduction of Vision 21;
• Identify significant organization constraints and their impact on Vision 21;
• Show how the Strategic Business Plan can assure the success of the Vision 21 Program;
• Provide insight into the Vision 21 process from birth to maturity;
• Discuss how to charter and empower the Vision 21 environment;
• Define Vision 21 and explain the role in Vision 21 in attaining competitive leverage;
• Present the role of I/S as an enabler organization in the design of Vision 21 business processes and the implementation of Electronic Commerce.

At the conclusion of this presentation, the delegates will be prepared to:

• Identify the key Executive Values and Principles guiding Vision 21;
• Identify Vision 21 opportunities for your company and your organization;
• Formulate a Vision 21 strategy;
• Identify the leadership value systems guiding the decision makers of your company;
• Define the current attitudes and strategies which impact business performance at your company;
• Employ Vision 21 in the design and implementation of improved productivity processes;
• Lead more effectively and efficiently by employing the systems approach;
• Define the methods, procedures, processes, and complexities of Vision 21;
• Know what Vision 21 is and apply this knowledge for business advantage;
• Describe and characterize the readiness of your organization to participate in and support Vision 21;
• Stay ahead of most executive challenges by employing Vision 21 to become a proactive, problem solver in your organization;
• Identify concurrent Executive, I/S, Operations, Marketing, and Electronic Commerce goals derived from Vision 21.

• Executives of your company responsible for defining business strategies;
• Any manager seeking an informed understanding of corporate productivity requirements and the relationship between profitability, leadership, business process improvement and Vision 21;
• Consultants of your company interested in gaining an expanded perspective of Vision 21;
• I/S Executives and the corporate designers of your company;
• Operations Project Managers.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION (20 MINUTES)

1.1 The Executive Focus on Vision 21

• Definition of Vision 21
• Approach to Vision 21
• Vision 21 as a Strategic Solution
• The Business Scope
• Vision 21 as an Enabler of Business Practice
• Today's Thrust in the Industry
• The Conflicting Perspectives of Manager versus Leader
• The Expanded Perspective of Vision 21

1.2 Business in the 21st Century

• The Five Forces
• The Attributes of Vision 21
• The New Business World
• The New Manager as the Vision 21 Problem Solver
• The I/S Dilemma

1.3 The Evolving your company

• Integrated Business Processes with Customers
• The Internal Customer

PART TWO: CRITICAL ISSUES OF Vision 21 (20 MINUTES)

2.1 The your company Problem and What the Problem Means to You

• A Analysis of the Problem
• What the Problem Means to Established Businesses
• Without Vision 21, It Really May Be Later Than You Think

2.2 The Weaknesses of Current Business Processes

• Disadvantages of Current Practices and the Dangers of Old Attitudes
• Competitive Disadvantages

2.3 Vision 21 as the Answer for the Times

• A Practical Definition of Vision 21
• The Timing of Vision 21 or Why Now?
• The Real Competitive Advantage of the Powerful Vision 21 Architecture

PART THREE: IMPLEMENTING Vision 21 (20 MINUTES)

3.1 NEW LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

• Planning for Vision 21
• Barrier Analysis
• Repositioning MIS
• Business Process Improvement and Traditional Constraints at your company

3.2 The New Agenda

• Time to Get Serious, Your Chance of a Life Time
• The Real Pathology in Business Today or Our Success is Often Our Failure
• Data, Information, and Knowledge
• Conclusion Oriented Versus Decision Oriented Support
• Management by Knowledge versus Management by Faith
• The New Technologist, Are Your Ready?
• A Systems Education

Epilogue

• What Works
• The CEO Manifesto
• New Dimensions and New Directions
• Vision 21 as an Enabler of Organization Success
• The Leverage of Electronic Commerce Within Vision 21

Presentation Materials

Each delegate receives a set of course materials including a presentation folder and a case study.