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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Organizational Problem Identification

SMP805 · Developing Research Capability — Week 1 of 16

CourseSMP805
Week1 of 16
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This week’s topics

Organizational Problem Identification

  1. Strategic environmental scanning
  2. Organizational root cause diagnosis
  3. Feasibility and boundary analysis under temporal constraints
  4. FBPM-6.4.: Fundamentals of Business Process Management (BPM) - Root Cause Analysis
  5. Lecture 26: Environmental Analysis – Resource Based Model

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Assess the problems faced by businesses.
  • 1.2 Identify a problem that can be solved within a stipulated time.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the problems faced by businesses.

Study materials

Videos

  • FBPM-6.4.: Fundamentals of Business Process Management (BPM) - Root Cause Analysis · YouTube · Jan Mendling · 10 min · for registered students
  • Organizational Diagnosis Design · YouTube · The RBL Group · 3 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
  • Entrepreneurship, ch. 11: Business Model and Plan · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 405–452 · for registered students
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Week 2
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Organizational Problem Identification
  • Week 2: Research Problem Formulation
  • Week 3: Systematic Literature Evaluation
  • Week 4: Theoretical Paradigms and Disciplinary Debates
  • Week 5: Conceptual Frameworks and Theoretical Solutions
  • Week 6: Philosophical Underpinnings of Management Research
  • Week 7: Methodological Coherence
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Critical Appraisal of Empirical Research
  • Week 10: Doctoral Research Synthesis and Reporting
  • Week 11: Theoretical Defense and Research Justification
  • Week 12: Applying Developing Research Capability in practice: case s…
  • 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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