XCPD-902 - Strategic Management
Course Description
Daily classroom topics include:
Day 1: Strategic Management Foundations
· Understanding competitive advantage
· How to employ organization resources
· Learn how to sustain competitive advantage in any industry or sector
· Impact of organizational dynamics on strategy
· Importance of ethics and strategy
· Explore strategic choices when competing globally
Day 2: Managing Strategy Formulation and Evaluation
· Evaluate different strategy formulation models
· Focus on choosing the best model and steps in strategy formulation process
· Understand corporate-level, business unit, and functional strategy integration
· Use of HBR simulation to understand strategy formulation and evaluation
· Understand best practice tools to measure strategy performance
Day 3: Managing Strategy Implementation and Change
· Focus on implementation of strategies
· Facilitating cultural change and barriers to strategic implementation
· Global and ethical challenges considered
Day 4 and 5: Capstone Experience in Strategic Management
· Using guiding tools and templates, construct a strategic plan in order to maximize competitive advantage and organizational performance.
· Effectively present the plan.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of the certificate, participants will be able to:
· Understand the processes of strategic planning in the public, private and non-profit sectors
· Use a template to lead the development of a strategic plan, including vision, mission, core values, goals, objectives, and strategies
· Measure and evaluate the performance of a strategic plan
· Communicate performance to organizational stakeholders
· Practice strategic management from a global and ethical perspective
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Certificate in Strategic Management : Required