Strategic Implementation & Management

This course is part of Strategic Management Essentials Specialization

Instructor: Shelley Harrington

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Formulate and execute strategic plans to enhance organizational performance, critical for leadership and management roles.
Manage stakeholder relationships effectively to ensure successful strategy implementation and organizational alignment.
Integrate strategic frameworks like SWOT, VRIN, and Porter's Value Chain for comprehensive strategy evaluation.
Navigate strategic change processes to adapt and thrive in dynamic business environments.

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6 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 3 modules in this course

Navigate the complexities of strategic implementation and effective management to drive organizational success. This course delves into essential topics such as managing stakeholders, strategic change, and aligning strategy with organizational culture. Learn how to integrate various strategic frameworks and tools, including SWOT analysis, VRIN model, and Porter's Value Chain to evaluate and implement strategies effectively.

Through hands-on projects and real-world case studies, you will develop the skills necessary for effective decision-making, stakeholder management, and strategic adaptation. Whether you are stepping into a leadership role or enhancing your strategic management capabilities, this course equips you with the practical insight to transform business operations and achieve sustained competitive advantage.

This week, the module delves into managing stakeholders. It covers the definition and types of stakeholders, including internal and external groups. The module also explores stakeholder analysis and mapping, using tools like Mendelow’s Matrix. Additionally, it examines the importance of strategic champions, the political perspective of strategy development, and the ethical implications of stakeholder management. By the end of the week, you will be able to identify and engage stakeholders, analyse their influence, and understand the ethical and political dimensions of stakeholder management.

What's included

1 video27 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

1 video Total 2 minutes

Welcome to Managing stakeholders 2 minutes

27 readings Total 355 minutes

Module Overview 10 minutes
Meet the teaching team 10 minutes
Managing stakeholders overview 10 minutes
What is a stakeholder 10 minutes
Aims and goals of stakeholders 10 minutes
Who are stakeholders and how can they be engaged 10 minutes
Stakeholder group types 10 minutes
Internal stakeholder groups 10 minutes
External stakeholder groups 50 minutes
Stakeholder analysis 10 minutes
Stakeholder mapping 10 minutes
Stakeholder Mapping 10 minutes
Constrained Thinking 10 minutes
Activity: Stakeholder analysis 45 minutes
Managing Stakeholder Conflict 10 minutes
The importance of strategic champions 10 minutes
The Role of Communication 10 minutes
The political perspective of strategy development 10 minutes
Economic rationality 10 minutes
Does politics destroy strategy? 20 minutes
Political rationality 10 minutes
Ethical implications of stakeholder management 10 minutes
Case Study: Enron 10 minutes
Cultural management of Stakeholders 10 minutes
What went wrong 10 minutes
Strong culture 10 minutes
Managing stakeholders reflection 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 45 minutes

Test Yourself: Managing stakeholders 30 minutes
Let's Practice: Managing stakeholders 15 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Reflection: Strong culture 10 minutes

This week, the module delves into managing strategic changes. It covers the key elements of strategic change, including the importance of context, inertia, and resistance. The module also explores types of strategic change such as adaptation, reconstruction, revolution, and evolution. Additionally, it examines strategic leadership styles and the role of outsiders in leading change. By the end of the week, you will be able to assess different styles of leading and managing strategic change, analyse how organisational context affects change programs, and identify types of required strategic change.

What's included

2 videos20 readings2 assignments

2 videos Total 10 minutes

Welcome to Managing strategic changes 2 minutes
Professor John Nicholson on Marvel 8 minutes

20 readings Total 200 minutes

Managing strategic changes overview 10 minutes
Key elements in strategic change 10 minutes
Strategy matters 10 minutes
Context matters 10 minutes
Inertia and resistance matter 10 minutes
Leadership matters 10 minutes
Fundamental types of strategic change 10 minutes
Adaptation 10 minutes
Reconstruction 10 minutes
Revolution 10 minutes
Evolution 10 minutes
Styles of leadership 10 minutes
The importance of outsiders 10 minutes
Activity: Marvel case study 10 minutes
The Crescendo Model 10 minutes
Seven main failings 10 minutes
The challenges of leading change 10 minutes
In the timing 10 minutes
Reflection: Organisational change 10 minutes
Managing strategic changes summary 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 45 minutes

Test Yourself: Managing strategic changes 30 minutes
Let's Practice: Managing strategic changes 15 minutes

This week, the module delves into innovation. It covers the strategic importance of innovation, different types of innovation, and innovation platforms. The module also explores radical and incremental innovation, and the political process of innovation. By the end of the week, you will be able to critically evaluate factors that enable and impede innovation, present examples of innovation, and relate innovation to strategy.

What's included

11 readings2 assignments

11 readings Total 120 minutes

Applying strategic management overview 10 minutes
Innovation and its strategic importance 10 minutes
Types of innovation 10 minutes
Innovation platforms 10 minutes
Innovation as a political process 10 minutes
Practice of radical and incremental innovation 10 minutes
Innovation summary 10 minutes
From confrontation to transformation 20 minutes
Disruptive Environment 10 minutes
Applying strategic management summary 10 minutes
Summary of the course and next steps 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 45 minutes

Test Yourself: Applying strategic management 30 minutes
Let's Practice: Applying strategic management 15 minutes

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