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Course Name:
Strategic Thinking

Information:
All businesses need to manage strategies. Some because they are developing from a position of strength and others because they need to overcome significant problems. The “Strategic Thinking” course teaches you the tools and techniques that you need to analyse your business and goes on to help you to produce a strategic action plan to grow your business.

Aim:
The overall aim is to deliver effective ‘Strategic Thinking’ skills to a group of senior SME personnel from the North Glasgow business community and help build a group of ‘Learning Organisations’ that are capable of ensuring their own continued growth and profitable development in an increasingly dynamic and competitive market place.

Content:
Course content includes

Strategic Analysis
Critical Appraisal of the major ‘Tools of Strategic Thinking’
Strategic Thinking in Action

Strategic Options
Competitive Strategy

Strategic Choice
The Evaluation and Selection of Strategic Options.

Strategic Implementation
Strategic Intent
Culture and the Organisation
Workshops
Case Study Exercises

Objectives:
Objectives for this course are

Understand the tools and techniques for identifying strategic issues, developing strategic options and reaching strategic conclusions within your own business environment.
Develop the ability to adopt a more holistic perspective of your business both internally and across the environment in which it operates
Develop the ability to manage and respond to change.
Develop a greater understanding of your business and the possible scenarios that can occur.
Learn how to think and manage in a strategic way.
Deal with competitor behaviour in a proactive fashion.

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