This course will provide learners with a knowledge of management models, continuous improvement, management systems, change management, use of technology and data security. It will provide a general introduction to strategic planning and innovation, followed by an outline of organisational strategy development (including SWOT and PEST analyses), then how to follow through with your strategic planning and how to manage future change.
This is a quick easy template for rapid business planning, especially for new business development, strategic planning, sales plans and market-led business planning.
Published by authors and academics in the fields of business, leadership and management, Kevan Scholes and Gerry Johnson in 1992, the Cultural Web is a useful tool for analysing and altering assumptions surrounding the culture of a company. It can be used to highlight specific practices and beliefs, and to subsequently align them with your company’s preferred culture and strategy.
What is Strategy? - (0)
Coming soon: an introduction to general strategy, planning and innovation.
Core Organisational Strategy Development - (7)
This course will provide you with an all-round summary of the important issues in organisational strategy development. The articles and resources inside will educate you on organisational strategy development, and provide you with all the tools to implement your knowledge.
Michael Porter's famous Five Forces of Competitive Position model provides a simple perspective for assessing and analysing the competitive strength and position of a corporation or business organization.
Peters and Waterman found eight common themes which they argued were responsible for the success of the chosen corporations, which have become pointers for managers ever since.
Free business planning and marketing tips, samples, examples and tools - how to write a business plan, techniques for writing a marketing strategy, strategic business plans and sales plans.
This is a quick easy template for rapid business planning, especially for new business development, strategic planning, sales plans and market-led business planning.
Implementing Team Plans - (2)
This course aims to guide you through the implementation of plans developed by your team, using various tips, techniques and resources.
The five-step Design Thinking model was developed at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford as a human-centred process for creative thinking, problem-solving and innovation. It allows problems which are poorly-defined or unknown to the individual or group to be contextualised and understood in a simple way, and its application can subsequently improve the manner and efficiency of innovation within a group.
Operational Management Models - (0)
Coming soon.
Business Development Tools - (0)
Coming soon.
Manage Change - (3)
This course will educate you on all the main issues surrounding change and innovation, and will guide you through the processes involved in managing this change.
Published by authors and academics in the fields of business, leadership and management, Kevan Scholes and Gerry Johnson in 1992, the Cultural Web is a useful tool for analysing and altering assumptions surrounding the culture of a company. It can be used to highlight specific practices and beliefs, and to subsequently align them with your company’s preferred culture and strategy.
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