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Business Strategy Course (Strategy Course)
    Business Strategy Best Practices

Course Audience 

• The CEO's Strategy team and senior level managers, including general managers, business unit managers, finance managers, accounting managers, operations managers, human resources managers, marketing managers, sales managers, project managers

• This course is also useful for entrepreneurs and management consultants

• Note: This training course is designed for government and business professionals. We do not accept students seeking initial employment, postsecondary education, or initial licensing programs

Course Objectives 

• Provide 360 degree view of the strategic management function to identify potential management blind spots and improvement areas

• Examine how firms compete and discuss strategy insights from the world's most successful CEOs and business strategists

• Offer experiential analysis of the challenges of CEOs and their executive teams in implementing the business strategies

• Review the strategic management analysis frameworks, decision-making models, and best practices in the formulation and implementation of successful business strategies

•  Provide the "know-how" to plan, implement and monitor strategy execution using performance measurement systems

• Understand the resources, capabilities, and core competences that make a company successful in developing and sustaining a competitive advantage

• Identify the challenges of designing and implementing strategic change

• Create a work-based project to help delegates develop practical strategic initiatives based on their unique set of issues, resources and business environment

Training Focus

• Develop the core business strategy management skills and competencies. The core competencies include business strategy knowledge, planning, control, problem-solving and communication.

Training Model

• Experiential action learning

• 25%-50% seminar and 50-75% experiential project work

• The development of management skills is based on KASAC executive education and management training model

Course Modules

• Top CEO Strategy Questions

• Business Strategy Management

• Strategy Analysis Tools

• Strategy Formulation Tools

• Strategy Implementation Tools

• Strategic Management Best Practices

Key Concepts and Best Practices

• CEO's Top Strategy Questions. CEO's Strategic Management Challenges. Strategic Planning. Strategy Best Practices and Pitfalls. Business Strategy Toolkit. Strategy Formulation. Strategy Implementation and Strategy Evaluation Framework.

• Critical analysis of the applications and limitations of popular strategic management practices, models and frameworks, including: Balanced Scorecard (Kaplan & Norton). Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix. Portfolio Analysis (Cash Cows, Dogs, Question Marks, Stars) & (Divest, Invest, Build and Harvest). Strategic Stretch vs. Strategic Fit. Cost/Benefit Analysis (CBA). Value Chain Analysis (VCA). Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis. Competitive Benchmarking. Product Life Cycle (PLC). Critical Success Factors (CSF). Game Theory. Nash Equilibrium. Scenario Planning. Key Performance Indicators (KPI). Sustainable Competitive Advantage. Risk Management. Trends Probability and Impact. Organization Design. Organizational lifecycle. Strategic Business Units (SBU). Change Management. Natural Law. Gap Analysis. Business Drivers. Environment Scanning. Political, Economic, Social, Technology, Environmental and Legal (PESTEL) Analysis. Industry Attractiveness. Industry Structure. Introduction Strategies. Growth Strategies. Maturity Strategies. Decline Strategies. Exit Strategies. Industry Rivalry. Entry Threats. Supplier Power. Buyer Power. Threat of Substitutes. Competitive Intelligence. Strategic Group Matrix. Competitive Positions. Sources of Competitive Information. Competitor Profiling. Strategic Planning Framework. Co-opetition. Decision Trees. Growth Vector Analysis (GVA). Experience Curve Strategy. G.E. Business Screen. Governance. Strategic Alignment. Hierarchy of Objectives. Performance Control System (PCS). Stakeholder Analysis. Power and Politics. Organization & System Design. Business Model. Pareto 80/20. Sustainable Competitive Advantage. ADL Strategic Condition Matrix (Arthur D. Little). Product-Market Grid (Ansoff). Innovation as a Strategy.. Marketing Mix 4P's. Strategic Stakeholder Management. Business Strategy Best Practices

Training Course Customization Subjects

• How to formulate and implement a comprehensive and integrated set of decisions that achieves business goals

• How to conduct industry and competitive analysis and how to identify the forces and dynamics of business competition

• How to balance the opportunities and risks associated with dynamic and uncertain changes in industry attractiveness and competitive position

Courseware Content (Customized)

The management training courseware includes the following:

1. Participant's training guide

2. Subject matter handbook and lecture notes

3. Executive summary of the subject matter:

   • Summary of essential concepts and business strategy best practices

   • Examples and case studies

4. Business strategy management toolkit (management frameworks, decision-models, and checklists)

5. Experiential work-based assessment project

Performance Evaluation (Optional)

• Performance can be evaluated on the basis of individual or team project deliverables

• There are no Q&A exams or tests. Candidates can choose to complete customized experiential work-based projects such as developing a relevant analysis document, management strategy, action plan or a senior management presentation

• The course advisor will review the deliverables and provide improvement feedback. The evaluation is a form of management consulting and experiential coaching for performance improvement

Training Course Registration

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