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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Industry Structure and Competitive Dynamics

SMP801 · Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Potential — Week 2 of 16

CourseSMP801
Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

Industry Structure and Competitive Dynamics

  1. Porter's five forces evolution
  2. Strategic group mapping
  3. Identifying critical success factors (CSFs)
  4. Competitive benchmarking metrics
  5. The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
  6. Leading Strategy Paper series: Porter, M. E. (2008) The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy
  7. CIMA E3 SWOT, objectives, critical success factors and benchmarking

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Critically evaluate the external business environment of an organisation.
  • 1.2 Identify key drivers and industry critical success factors.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate the external business environment of an organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy · YouTube · Harvard Business Review · 13 min · for registered students
  • Leading Strategy Paper series: Porter, M. E. (2008) The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy · YouTube · Glenn Parry · 16 min · for registered students
  • CIMA E3 SWOT, objectives, critical success factors and benchmarking · YouTube · OpenTuition · 34 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. 8.4: Porter's five forces · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 228–230 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Macro-Environmental Analysis
  • Week 2: Industry Structure and Competitive Dynamics
  • Week 3: Internal Strategic Architecture and Capabilities
  • Week 4: Value Chain Architecture and Core Competencies
  • Week 5: Multi-Level Strategy and Strategic Alignment
  • Week 6: Formulating Strategic Options
  • Week 7: Strategic Evaluation and Selection
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Globalisation and International Strategic Positioning
  • Week 10: Corporate Responsibility and Shared Value
  • Week 11: Strategic Leadership and Transformational Change
  • Week 12: Applying Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Pot…
  • 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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