Avoid the pitfalls of strategy planning and execution with the tools and skills from this course. In this course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and taught by top-ranked faculty, you'll learn the pillars of strategy execution--analysis, formulation, and implementation--and how to use the 4A model to effectively approach strategy execution. Finally, a panel of leaders from entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and industry, share their expertise gleaned from years of successful strategy planning and execution.
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About this Course
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
How to connect strategic analysis to strategy execution using hypothesis testing to unearth key assumptions and assess their validity
Four different approaches to strategy formulation and how governance ties into effective strategy formulation
Use the 4A Model for effective strategy execution to ensure appropriate human and organizational resources are in place
Tips from industry experts for successful strategy development and execution
Skills you will gain
- Strategy Implementation
- Strategy Formulation
- Business Strategy
- Business hypothesis testing
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Strategy Analysis
Strategy Formulation
Strategy Implementation
Practical Perspectives
Reviews
- 5 stars78.78%
- 4 stars16.90%
- 3 stars3.50%
- 2 stars0.47%
- 1 star0.31%
TOP REVIEWS FROM STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EXECUTION
comprehensive course material will benefit executive level. and key personal.
help me to start up my career in strategy and create first strategy plan to my business company.
Good course, but not as strong as the prior 3 courses of the Business Strategy Specialization.
Excellent explanation provided, lot of examples, learned about various company professionals ideas and their strategy how they are executed in their fields.
Very well structured course..very useful tools. A sample template or strategy would have nailed it and bring everything home..
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