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Thinking Strategically

Strategic management can bring about positive change in the business. How can you unleash your goals and plans through strategic thinking, rather than intuition?
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Using Game Theory To Make Strategic Decisions - Game, Set And Match

by Ric Willmot

Game theory can assist business owners, CEOs and managers make better strategic decisions when confronted with the uncertainty of competition. Competitive conduct will not always be "fair play" and if you don't change your game plan to seek out the advantage, your competition will.

Do You Plan Strategically?

by Graham Haines

Is there a difference between strategic planning and other forms of planning? I think so. What's more, your ability to plan strategically is becoming more, not less important.

Strategic Planning For Improved Organisational Performance

by Kerry Feldman

Most of us believe that if we do things right, we will be successful. Nevertheless, few managers have been spared the frustration of seeing weeks of good hard work wasted because what we were doing right was not the right thing for our organisation at that time. Reading this article may save you from doing it again.

Finding The Right Business Structure

by Steve Toth

Once a business structure has been set up, changing it can be complicated and costly. It is always worthwhile to make decisions carefully so you get it right at the outset.

How You Can Build More Profitable Markets

by Adrian Ryans

Most executives are aware of the importance of understanding and managing the market forces that drive profitability: customers, competitors, complementors, substitutes, suppliers and potential entrants. In this article, we will present some of the more innovative ways that certain companies are using to manage and exploit some of these six market forces.

Fit Or Sexy - Survival Strategies From Business History

by Byron Kalies

Legend has it that there was a high profile meeting at Parker Pens Corporation in the mid 1980s. Parker Pens had been successful for a long time. They had continued to be successful in the face of a number of challenges - cheap imports, ballpoint pens, roller ball pens, etc.... yet somehow by the early part of the decade they had lost their way.

Be Your Own Strategy Consultant

by Dr Tony Grundy

When someone says the words "strategy consultant" then what frequently comes to mind is the picture of a bright, young, thrusting individual out of a prestigious business school. The idea that "it could be you" might be unthinkable. My argument however is that by seeing yourself as your very own strategy consultant it can become possible to achieve genuine Helicopter vision.

Strategic Planning

by Philip Herbert

A well formulated strategy helps marshal and allocate an organisation’s resources into a unique and viable posture based on its relative internal competencies and short comings, anticipated change in the environment and contingent moves by intelligent opponents.

Strategic Business Planning - In What Market Do You Compete?

by Richard Shrapnel

One of the keys to successful strategic business planning is a clear understanding of the boundaries of your market and also the factors that influence your business within that market. Unfortunately, many management teams are unable to answer fundamental questions in regards to the market they operate within. So how can they possibly be focused on growing the business and making it more successful?

Making Strategy Operational

by John Cleary

Transcript of Business Essentials interview with John Cleary, Managing Director, Blue Chip Consulting Group. John discusses the development, implementation and measurement of strategic planning...and shares his 7 step strategic planning process.

Become An 800lb Gorilla Or A Guerrilla - The Only Two Business Options

by Barry Urquhart

Some choice! Businesses confront an important decision. They must decide between becoming an 800 lb gorilla or a deft footed guerrilla.

Strategic Planning

by Alan Anderson

Strategic planning is the process of developing high-level, “big picture” plans to set a company’s strategic direction and overall planning framework within a short (one year) to medium (three to five years) timeframe.

Strategic Planning For Small To Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

by Brian Birley

Getting from “Where you are now to where you want to be”.

Building Bridges - How Businesses Can Fail To Strategise Effectively

by Daffydd Wiesner-Ellix

Over the last year, we have noticed that many organizations seem to plan their growth - if they plan it at all, in an almost haphazard way.

Is Your 'Nose To The Grindstone'?

by Daffydd Wiesner-Ellix

If so, how will you see the next wave of change?

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