Business Strategy (APA)
Estimated Time: 12.5 hours
$215.00 $269.00
Earn 27 Points for Completing
UPDATED 2024: When it comes to effective business strategy, it can be difficult to know what works and what doesn’t, because it can take years to gauge success or failure. But with this course, you can get a first-hand look at two fictional companies which take very different approaches to their organizational strategies. This will help you learn what practices are beneficial to corporate strategies and which are detrimental. These two organizational examples showcase the need for planning and execution, while highlighting forecasting techniques and managing different risks. Course Type: Business Simulation. Worth 27 RCHs (APA).
Credits
27 RCHs
Learning Objectives
- Learn how to conduct an external analysis of business strategy and how to identify problematic issues
- Become familiar with the strategy pyramid, as it relates to external analysis
- Learn to recognize problematic issues from internal analysis of business strategy
- Understand how to assess strategic risk and choose the right strategies to minimize that risk
- Gain insight into positioning and branding, as well as how to avoid pitfalls and manage change in the organization
- Learn why proper execution is paramount to business strategy, and how to carry out long-term business plans
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