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E3 – Strategic Management
6 sections available · 37 chapters available
Free E3 – Strategic Management study notes for CIMA (CGMA Professional Qualification) students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.
A. The strategy process
The nature and purpose of strategy
The essential features of strategy
Types of strategy
Levels of strategy
The rational and emergent strategy process
B. Analysing the organisational ecosystem
Markets and competition (SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, Porter's Diamond)
Society and regulation (PESTEL)
Drivers of change in the ecosystem
Strategic networks and platforms
Stakeholder analysis in networks
C. Generating strategic options
Governance and ethics in the strategy process
Purpose, vision and values
Key strategic questions and starting position (Porter's generics, Ansoff)
Potential organisational operating ecosystem
Frameworks to generate options (scenario planning, game theory, real options)
D. Making strategic choices
Criteria for evaluation (suitability, acceptability, feasibility)
Evaluating options against criteria
Recommending appropriate options
Value chain analysis
Portfolio analysis
E. Strategic control
Detailed action plans
Action plan communication and critical success factors
Implementation and key performance indicators
Incentives to performance
Resource availability
Resource allocation to strategic choices
Impact of strategy on the organisation
Change management strategies
Leadership in managing change
F. Digital strategy
Governance of digital transformation
Digital technologies
Digital enterprise
Economics of digitisation
Digital ecosystems
Digital consumption
Data and metrics
Leadership and culture
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