London Training For Excellence Business Analysis Decision Making and Developing a Strategy London Training For Excellence
Price: GBP 3,898
Instructor led live virtual classroom online. Classes may be individual or in group.

    Course details

    Overview
    Effective strategic analysis strategic decision-making and translating those decisions into a strategy that canbe communicated and planned is essential to the future success of any organization. In this programme youwill 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 theirown industries

    Objective
    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 unitor the whole organization, who want to improve their strategic analysis and decision making skills.

    Course Outlines
    Contents:
    Day 1 - Analysing the competitive environment and firm positioning

    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

    Day 2 - Analysing the resources and competences underlying competitive advantage

    Introduction to organizational analysis tools
    Resource auditing
    Core competences Value chain analysis

    Mapping how organizational resources and competences strengthen or detract from a firm's competitive position

    Case analysis: Undertaking a resource competence and value chain analysis for firms in different competitive positions

    Applying these concepts to your firm

    Day 3 - Developing strategic options

    Introduction to tools for developing strategic options
    Portfolio analysis Product/Market analysis Protecting current advantage

    Developing a range of strategic options

    Evaluating options and making strategic choices

    Ensuring that strategic options fit the competitive environment your firm's competitive position and develop sustainable competitive advantage

    Case analysis

    Day 4 - The strategic decision-making process

    Understanding the key characteristics of effective strategic decision making

    Understanding common traps in strategic decision making
    hubris over-reach overly consensual

    Introduction to a range of tools for improving strategic decision making
    Dialectic inquiry Devil's advocacy Scenario building techniques

    Analysing the strategic decision-making process in your firm business division or work group

    Developing a guideline for improving decision making in your firm business division or work group

    Day 5 - Pulling strategic analysis and decision-making together in a strategy

    Identifying your core business proposition

    Developing a vision and mission statement for your core business proposition

    Identifying the key strategic priorities that your firm needs to meet

    Developing strategic objectives

    Updated on 05 August, 2024

    Job roles this course is suitable for:

    Manager , Analyst

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