General aim of the training
To take part in the definition of strategic action plans
To suggest and implement orientations within different services
To follow up on activities, to control results, to complete service activity reporting
To supervise operational managers
To manage human and financial means, and to optimise their use
PROGRAMME
Notions of strategy
- Strategic decisions: the company’s objectives, the knowhow of the company (competencies), what the company aims to do (goals), characteristics of the strategical decisions, strategical influence of the environment, of the company resources, of expectations, and of stakeholders’ intentions
- Deliberate strategy, emerging strategy, completed strategy: Mintzberg’s model
- Organisational resilience: how can an organisation be able to face a serious challenge
The strategic approach
- The steps of a strategic approach: external diagnosis (environmental analysis), internal diagnosis (company analysis), identification and evaluation of possible action courses, integration of environment values, integration of managerial values, strategy statement
- The critical elements of the strategic approach: the Porter model, strategic business areas, characteristics
Strategic segmentation
- Segmentation approach: analysis per strategic business area according to the customers, markets, distribution networks, specific competitors, specific technologies, specific competencies
- Strategic segmentation and marketing segmentation: analysis level, segmentation principle, identified segment type, segmentation aim
Operational analysis of your global strategy per strategic activity area
- LCAG (Learned, Christensen, Andrew, Guth) model: analysis of the environment, of the company, of the advantages and disadvantages, of the risks, Corporate social responsibility (CRS)
- SWOT model: internal diagnosis (strengths & weaknesses), external diagnosis (advantages & threats)
- Formulation of strategic objectives et implementation of an action plan
TARGET AUDIENCE
Functional managers, executive management, senior executives, management committee, steering committee