This week’s topics
Strategic Environmental Scanning in Healthcare
- PESTLE analysis of contemporary health systems
- Porter's Five Forces in care delivery
- Stakeholder power-interest mapping
- Internal resource and capabilities audit using VRIO
- The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
- VRIO Framework EXPLAINED | B2U | Business To You
- SBL Topic Explainer: Strategic position analysis (PESTEL,SWOT, Porter’s 5-forces,Porter’s Diamond)
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Analyse the significance of external and internal environmental analysis.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the significance of external and internal environmental analysis.
Study materials
Videos
- The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy · YouTube · Harvard Business Review · 13 min · for registered students
- VRIO Framework EXPLAINED | B2U | Business To You · YouTube · Business To You · 14 min · for registered students
- SBL Topic Explainer: Strategic position analysis (PESTEL,SWOT, Porter’s 5-forces,Porter’s Diamond) · YouTube · ACCA Student Study Resources · 39 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 3: Evaluating the External Environment · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 71–100 · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 8: Strategic Analysis: Understanding a Firm’s Competitive Environment · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 233–260 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
