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Strategic Business Leader (SBL)
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Free Strategic Business Leader (SBL) study notes for ACCA students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.
A. Leadership
Qualities of leadership
Leadership and organisational culture
Professionalism, ethical codes and the public interest
B. Governance and sustainability
Agency
Stakeholder analysis and organisational social responsibility
Governance scope and approaches
Reporting to stakeholders
The board of directors
Public sector governance
C. Strategy
Concepts of strategy
Environmental issues
Competitive forces
The internal resources, capabilities and competences of an organisation
Strategic choices
D. Risk
Identification, assessment and measurement of risk
Managing, monitoring and mitigating risk
E. Technology and data analytics
Cloud, mobile and smart technology
Big data and data analytics
Machine learning, AI and robotics
E-business: value chain
IT systems security and control
F. Organisational control and audit
Management and internal control systems
Audit and compliance
Internal control and management reporting
G. Finance in planning and decision-making
Finance transformation
Financial analysis and decision-making techniques
Cost and management accounting
H. Enabling success, managing change and project management
Enabling success: organising
Enabling success: disruptive technologies
Enabling success: talent management
Enabling success: performance excellence
Managing strategic change
Leading and managing projects
I. Professional skills
Communication
Commercial acumen
Analysis
Scepticism
Evaluation
J. Other employability and digital skills
Use computer technology to efficiently access and manipulate relevant information
Work on relevant response options, using available functions and technology, as would be required in the workplace
Navigate windows and computer screens to create and amend responses to exam requirements, using appropriate tools
Present data and information effectively, using the appropriate tools
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