Business Strategy & Execution Course

Business Strategy & Execution

Course outline:

Introduction: capstone business simulation
Understanding industry and market research reports. Analyze internal functional reports of the organization – strategy creation
Business planning & forecasting, innovation, R&D
Marketing – planning, forecasting sales, pricing strategies in different markets
Operations and production planning
Financial planning
Importance of execution & alignment to strategy
Connecting the dots – bring the simulation to life with real life case studies

Upon successful completion of this course the participant shall be able to:

Strategic decision making and thinking

Understanding the importance of building a robust strategy and the underlying critical decisions to make it successful

Competence in analytical skills

How to understand and implement strategic profitable business models by understanding the impact of the decisions on the financial performance of the organization as a whole and on their respective departmental KPl’s and how they all fit into the big picture

Cross-functional alignment

How to harness cross-functional contributions to a common strategy; working closely as teams across various functional areas, aligning the various teams from a strategic business standpoint and synergizing between the functional areas

Team dynamics

How to manage teams and build the team to understand the strategy and decision making and Leadership & Communication – learning how to lead teams and communicate effectively in the language of business