Exploring Corporate Strategy

7th Edition

Part I

Introduction

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Exploring Corporate Strategy

7th Edition

Chapter 1

Introducing Strategy

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Introducing Strategy Outline

What is strategy and strategic management? Strategic priorities at corporate, business and operational level Vocabulary of strategy Exploring Corporate Strategy strategic management model

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Definition of Strategy
Strategy is the direction and scope of an organisation over the long term, which achieves advantage in a changing environment through its configuration of resources and competences with the aim of fulfilling stakeholder expectations.

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Strategic decisions

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Strategic Decisions are About

The long-term direction of the organisation The scope of an organisations activities Gaining advantage over competitors Addressing changes in the business environment Building on resources and competences (capability) Values and expectations of stakeholders which affect operational decisions
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Strategic Decisions are Likely to :

Be complex in nature Be made in situations of uncertainty Affect operational decisions Require an integrated approach (both inside and outside an organisation) Involve considerable change

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LEVELS OF STRATEGY
Corporate level
Determine overall scope of the organisation Add value to the different business units Meet expectations of stakeholders

Business level (SBU)

How to compete successfully in particular markets

Operational
How different parts of organisation deliver strategy
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The vocabulary of strategy

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The Vocabulary of Strategy

Mission overriding purpose Vision/strategic intent desired future state Goal general statement of aim or purpose Objective quantification or more precise statement of goal Strategic capability resources, activities and processes Business model how product, service and information flow Control monitoring of action steps
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Strategy and Operations

Strategic Management Conceptualisation of issues Creating new directions Operational Management Techniques and actions

Organisation-wide, holistic Routinised

Managing existing resources Developing new resources Operating within existing strategy Ambiguous/uncertain Operationally specific Long term Day to day issues
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Elements of Strategic Management

Understanding the strategic position of an organisation Making strategic choices for the future Turning strategy into action

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A model of the elements of strategic management

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Strategic Position (1)

The Organisations Environment
Political Economic Social Technological Legal Environmental Sources of Competition Opportunities and Threats

Strategic Capability of the Organisation

Resources and Competences Strengths and Weaknesses

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Strategic Position (2)

Expectations and Purposes
Corporate Governance, Stakeholders, Ethics and Culture Sources of Power and Influence Communication of Purpose: Mission and Objectives

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Strategic Choices
Bases of competitive advantage at business level Scope of activities at corporate level
Portfolio Market spread, e.g. international Value added by corporate parent (parenting)

Directions and methods of development

Directions: Product/Market Methods: Internal/organic, M&A, strategic alliances
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Strategy into Action

Structuring the organisation Marshalling resources (people, information, finance, technology) Managing change

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Processes of Strategy Development

Intended strategies
Deliberate management intent

Emergent strategies
Develop out of social and political processes in and around organisations
Most strategies are a combination of intended and emergent processes

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Strategy as a Subject of Study

1960s 60/70s 1980s Harvard case study Corporate planning Adaptive processes (Quinn) What would you do if you were CEO? Systematised and analytical approach Complexity and uncertainty. Influence of experience, politics, culture, history

1980s
1980s

Market positioning (Porter)

Resource based theory (Hamel, Prahalad)

Assessing competitive forces (5 forces) and positioning

Unique resources, core competences

1990s

Firms as organisms Innovation to deal with change (Eisenhardt, Stacey)

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The Strategy Lenses (1)

Strategy as design
Logical analytical process Planned implementation Top manager driven

Strategy as experience
Adaptation of past strategies based on experience Influenced by taken for granted assumptions (culture) Bargaining and negotiation
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The Strategy Lenses (2)

Strategy as ideas
Importance of variety and diversity for innovation Emergent strategy from within and around the organisation Top managers create the conditions for this to take place

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Three strategy lenses

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