Strategic Change

Course review:

In order to implement such change organisations have to be aware of their strategic position in relation to their external environment. The resources they have and the competences of the people who work for the organisation will influence how they chose to change. The module looks at the options available to organisations from internal development to creating strategic alliances.

The following topics will be covered in this module:

• The characteristics of strategic decisions
• Levels of strategy
• The characteristics of strategic management and operational management
• Strategy paradigms
• Types of change
• Different strategy paradigms for different types of changes
• Models describing the organisation’s position in relation to its external environment
• Internal environment of the organisation
• Strategic Drift
• Barriers to market entry and how they can be overcome
• Best practice benchmarking
• Drivers and resistors in organisational change situations
• Importance of contextual factors
• Impact of internal resources on an organisation’s ability to bring about change
• Impact of organisational competence on an organisation’s ability to bring about change
• Impact of organisational culture an organisation’s ability to bring about change
• Strategic development directions
• Methods of strategy development
• Success criteria for judging strategic options
• Choosing suitable strategic options