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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Strategic Evaluation and Recommendation

LSC501 · Principles and Concepts of Strategy — Week 11 of 16

CourseLSC501
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Strategic Evaluation and Recommendation

  1. Johnson, Scholes, and Whittington SAFe criteria (Suitability, Acceptability, Feasibility)
  2. Risk and return evaluation
  3. Developing an evidence-based strategic proposal
  4. Designing an implementation and governance roadmap
  5. SBL Topic Explainer: Suitability, Acceptability & Feasibility (SAF)
  6. Business Strategy 12 - Strategy Implementation: Strategic Projects & Initiatives
  7. Lecture 55: Strategy Implementation

What you will be able to do

  • 4.3 Recommend a relevant strategic option which a business could implement.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: recommend a relevant strategic option which a business could implement.

Study materials

Videos

  • SBL Topic Explainer: Suitability, Acceptability & Feasibility (SAF) · YouTube · ACCA Student Study Resources · 11 min · for registered students
  • Business Strategy 12 - Strategy Implementation: Strategic Projects & Initiatives · YouTube · Ajarn Olli · 23 min · for registered students
  • Strategy Implementation and Control · YouTube · Galton College · 12 min · for registered students
  • How organisations implement strategy · YouTube · Galton College · 14 min · for registered students
  • Developing a Strategy for Execution · YouTube · MIT Sloan Management Review · 61 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The Orange Book: Management of Risk – Principles and Concepts (HM Treasury, 2023) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 64 pages · for registered students
  • Entrepreneurship, ch. 11: Business Model and Plan · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 405–452 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 5: Strategizing · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 173–232 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations and Levels of Strategy
  • Week 2: Strategic Frameworks and Formulation
  • Week 3: The Strategic Management Process and Strategy Types
  • Week 4: Organisational Theories in Strategic Management
  • Week 5: Macro-Environmental Analysis Techniques
  • Week 6: Applying Macro-Environmental Analysis
  • Week 7: Micro-Environmental Analysis Techniques
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Applying Micro-Environmental Analysis
  • Week 10: Strategic Options and Market Growth
  • Week 11: Strategic Evaluation and Recommendation
  • Week 12: Applying Principles and Concepts of Strategy in practice: c…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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