!!Developing Deliverable Strategies
[Course Details|http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive/course/overview.asp?id=82]
!Stated Course Content
Fundamental tools and techniques of competitive strategy, including:
* How to gain and sustain competitive advantage
* How to identify the organisation`s key capabilities and understand how unique capabilities deliver competitive advantage and organisational success
* How to think about markets and customers and how that understanding helps deliver and sustain competitive advantage
* How to consider and explore the influence of organisational culture and stakeholders on the strategy process
* How to test out the feasibility of delivering the strategy.
!Stated Course Benefits
As a result of attending this programme individuals will benefit from:
* Developing a comprehensive understanding of how organisations can gain and sustain competitive advantage
* Acquiring a relevant and tested tool kit of strategic thinking models and concepts
* Considering some of the issues relating to the delivery of a successful strategy
* An invaluable opportunity to take a step back from the daily routine of the work place and reflect on their organisation�s strategic capability
* A supportive and stimulating environment in which to learn and build confidence, enabling delegates to take back to their organisation relevant and applicable ideas, actions and thinking.
!My learning goals
* Enhance my ability to think strategically
* Gain further insight into overall business strategy and the ways to support and enhance that with technology.
* Understand the strategic drivers for organisational success.
*Acquire a toolkit for strategic thinking.
* Informal learning through networking with other delegates.
!Pre-work
* [The Right Game "The Right Game: Use Game Theory to Shape Strategy"] ([Buy from Harvard Business Review|http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=95402])
* [Developing Deliverable Strategies.TramStudy"Will Biddiford's Trams Make a Return?"] (Cranfield internal case-study)
!Related Blog Posts
* [Developing Deliverable Strategies|http://www.synesthesia.co.uk/blog/archives/2005/04/22/developing-deliverable-strategies/]