Episodes
We
look at how strategic managers evaluate, select and manage strategic opportunities and issues using principles designed to sustain the
organisation over the long term. We then identify skills and processes which enable strategic managers to scan and understand the environment so as to identify which emerging issues they need to respond to. Using techniques like
strategic gap analysis, strategic assumption definition and the principles of
agile and great organisations, we will develop our...
Published 09/12/12
This
Unit looks at how to analyse the organisation itself in order to identify its
positive strategic resources and capabilities (strengths) and its strategic
deficiencies (weaknesses), and to understand how these strengths and weaknesses
– that are grounded in an organisation’s resources, capabilities and
competencies – offer the potential to develop competitive and strategic
advantages that position the organisation to survive, and thrive.
Published 09/12/12
This
Unit will focus on the first two levels; analysing the macro-environment and
the industries or sectors in which the organisation operates. It is from the
forces in these external environments that the opportunities and threats to the
organisation’s strategic vision and sustainability are to be found. Using
techniques such as scenario development you will learn to identify what
significant external issues present positive Opportunities or negative Threats
for the organisation, how to...
Published 09/12/12
As
reflected by its title, in this Unit we will closely examine the strategic
management process. This means that we will look at the way in which strategic
thinking is developed, and how ultimately this will be captured and translated
into a plan. You will gain an understanding of the actions, processes and
stages that are required to identify strategic options, develop a strategic
vision, interpret the corporate mission, create objectives and strategies to
turn the vision into action, and...
Published 09/12/12
The course is designed to help you to reflect on the role
of strategic management and draw on concepts, issues and principles highlighted
in your earlier MBT courses. As a result, you will understand how integrating
and effectively managing the diverse range of technology and business
management disciplines empowers you to be more effective in achieving your
organisation’s strategic goals in a rapidly changing technological
organisational environment.
Published 09/12/12
Unit 1: Strategy
in Modern Business Organisations, explores what strategic management is all
about, how technology impacts on strategic thinking in organisations, and the
major approaches to strategic management – proactive and reactive. You will
learn to recognise what contribution strategic management offers modern
organisations in a technology-driven environment and gain an appreciation of
the key principles that underpin modern strategic management. You will also
examine the theoretical...
Published 09/12/12