Developing Strategies
The purpose here is to develop a ‘way’ to develop strategies, not about developing the strategies. The Executive Development Series is a range of intensive programs for upper level managers seeking a time effective way to develop knowledge and expertise in key executive and management disciplines needed in order to be able to develop organisational and departmental strategies.
Each five day program is presented in a boardroom format with capped numbers to facilitate full engagement and robust discussion.
The program consists of four consecutive days of relevant and sometimes controversial discussion material that is followed by one additional follow-up day. The date for the additional day is based on group consensus.
Strategy development and execution is crucial to an organisation’s direction and growth. It is also generally recognised as the most complex and challenging aspect of management. Statistically, most strategic planning does not work. Although strategy planning is traditionally seen as the responsibility of senior management, successful organisations today understand that strategy development and execution is a ‘whole of organisation’ responsibility. Successful strategies set about ensuring their own success.
The objective of strategy development is to encourage participants to develop their knowledge and skills to enable them to recognise and develop strategic opportunity.
Who will benefit from
Any person who is involved in strategy development or strategy implementation for any size or type of organisation.
Outcomes of
Delegates will gain:
- Strategic decision making
- Think strategically about an organisation and understand the key challenges and ambiguities involved in strategic management
- Understand the role and processes of strategic planning
- Appreciate the roles of leadership, organisational structure, culture and change management in strategic management
- Be familiar with the major schools of thought in strategy
- better
Content of
- Understand the different means by which firms can achieve competitive advantage
- Understand how businesses interact with their environments and how managers can use this knowledge to improve firm performance
- Understand various levels of strategy stewardship in an organisation - from executive team to shop floor
- Discuss and utilise various conceptual models and strategy tools to aid in strategy development
- Collecting strategically relevant information
- Communication skills for strategic planning meetings
- Strategic planning meetings - why they fail - when they succeed
- The strategy development sequence - and loop
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