Business Analysis, Decision Making and Developing a Strategy
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Effective strategic analysis, strategic decision-making and translating those decisions into a strategy that can be communicated and planned is essential to the future success of any organisation. In this programme you will learn how to:
• Focus on core tools for strategic analysis and how to use them effectively to make strategic decisions
• Develop a strategy that can guide your firm into the future.
• Examine best practice models from other industries and also apply the techniques learned in their own industries
Course Objectives
- Understand and apply a range of tools available for strategic analysis
- Analyse the competitive environment and your firm’s position in it
- Understand the resources and competences involved in different bases of competitive advantage
- Analyse the core competences and basis of competitive advantage of your firm
- Understand and apply the tools available for developing strategic options
- Understand the characteristics of good strategic decision making
- Understand common traps involved in strategic decision making that lead to failure
- Bring strategic analysis and decision making together into a strategy for your firm
- Broaden strategic analysis and decision-making skills through considering a range of case examples outside your industry and applying the concepts in your own firm.
Who Should Attend?
Designed for employees in all industries who are involved with the strategic planning process for their unit or the whole organisation, who want to improve their strategic analysis and decision making skills.
Course Outline
- Introduction to environmental analysis tools – PESTLE, Five forces analysis, Industry life cycle analysis and Strategic group analysis
- Identifying trends affecting an industry
- Identifying the state of competition within an industry, the key competitors, and the key competitive positions
- Identifying key success factors in an industry
- Case study analysis applying these concepts
- Applying these concepts to your firm
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