HR Strategic Planning: Key Concepts

• Approaches to project management (e.g., traditional, lean, Six Sigma, agile, critical chain) and processes (e.g., initiating, planning and design, launching/executing, monitoring and controlling, closing)
• Concepts of systems thinking (e.g., related parts, input-processes-output) and components of an organizational system (e.g., interdependence, the necessity of feedback, differentiation of units)
• Organizational mission, vision, and values, and their relation to strategic management and planning
• Project planning, monitoring, and reporting methods and tools (e.g., critical path analysis, Gantt charts, variance analysis, outcome monitoring)
• Project leadership, governance, and structures (e.g., team roles, team management, work breakdown structures)
• Role of strategic management and planning in creating and sustaining competitive advantage
• Strategic planning analysis frameworks (e.g., PESTLE analysis, SWOT analysis, industry analysis, scenario planning, growth-share matrix)
• Strategic planning process (e.g., formulation, goal-setting, implementation, evaluation)
• Systems theory and input-process-output models

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Sharam Kohan
Sharam Kohan

Sharam Kohan is an organizational leadership professional with experience spanning employment law, human resources, and public service. He is currently an LL.M. degree candidate at UC Berkeley School of Law and previously served on Alameda County’s Human Relations Commission, advancing equity-focused community initiatives. He holds an Employment Law specialization from Temple University School of Law and is SHRM-certified.

Sharam is also a writer whose work explores the intersection of law and philosophy, including Judgment, a Priori Itself and Sartre’s Conception of Freedom. He comments on organizational dynamics and social issues, and supports Bay Area community organizations through philanthropy and volunteer service.

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