Crystallising the strategic business landscape : strategy analysis practices and tools for business leaders and strategy practitioners / Marius Ungerer, Gerard Ungerer and Johan Herholdt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ungerer, Marius, author.

Ungerer, Gerard, author.

Herholdt, Johan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Business planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Randburg, South Africa : KR Publishing, 2016.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Endorsements

Title Page 2

Copyright

Acknowledgements

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

INTRODUCTION

What this book can do for you

The purpose of the book

Who can benefit from this book?

We welcome feedback

Important note by the authors

Chapter 1 Strategy and thinking: Introduction to strategic analysis and synthesis

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

THINKING ABOUT STRATEGY

Why strategy?

Conclusion

Research into the effectiveness and usefulness of strategy formation

SCHOOLS OF STRATEGY FORMATION

Prescriptive schools

Descriptive schools

THE STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE

The business environment

The strategic landscape

Landscape as internal strategic structure

Strategy as landscaping

Strategy tools and processes for landscaping

So what is strategy?

THE PROCESS OF STRATEGISING

The future of "the future"

SYSTEMS THINKING

Systems dynamics and systems thinking

Engines of growth (reinforcing loops)

Combining R-loops and B-loops

Limits to success

Broker - friend or foe?

PARADOX AND CONTRADICTION IN STRATEGY

Paradox

Contradiction

Contradictions strategists should be aware of

Summary

GENERAL THINKING DILEMMAS

Dysfunctional associations with the concept "strategy"

"Intuitive" and "reflective" thinking

The bat and ball problem

Mental models

A note on uncertainty

SO WHAT IS STRATEGY THEN?

An interdependence view

What next?

THEME 1: FORESIGHT DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 2 Analysis of the global and macro context of an organisation

BACKGROUND TO A GLOBAL AND MACRO CONTEXT ANALYSIS

The role of business in society

THE EXTERNAL CONTEXT AS DEPARTURE POINT FOR STRATEGIC ANALYSIS.

GLOBAL STANDARDS TO CONSIDER IN A MACRO EXTERNAL CONTEXT ANALYSIS

The Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals

Application tool

Practical guideline

The UN Global Compact

Human rights

Labour standards

Environment

Anti-corruption

GLOBAL RISK ANALYSIS

GENERAL MACRO ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS USING A STEEP VIEW

STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS

CREATING MULTIPLE VALUE: A SUSTAINABLE VALUE ANALYSIS

CONCLUSION

Chapter 3 Analysis of the competitive context of an organisation

BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION TO AN INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Practical guideline on industry analysis

Industry trends: A general analysis

Industry-dominant economic features analysis

Industry profitability, profit pool and market share analysis

Industry competitive forces analysis

Practical guideline on industry competitive forces analysis

INDUSTRY DRIVING FORCES

Practical guidelines on industry driving forces analysis

INDUSTRY KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

Practical guideline on industry KSF analysis

INDUSTRY VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS

INDUSTRY ISSUES

Conclusion on industry analysis

COMPETITOR ANALYSIS

General competitor analysis

Strategic groups map analysis/competitor group map analysis

Practical guideline on strategic group map/competitor group map analysis

Competitor strategic profiling and competitive strengths and weaknesses analysis

Competitor relative evaluation

Application tool.

Cooperation with competitors

Chapter 4 Analysis of an organisation's customers

CUSTOMER DEMANDS AND TRENDS

CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION

CUSTOMER EMPATHY MAP

CUSTOMER NEED SATURATION SCALE

CUSTOMER CHANNEL PHASES

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS

CUSTOMER ANALYSIS SUMMARY: DROPBOXCASE

THEME 2: INSIGHT DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 5 Internal analysis practices for an organisation

KEY CONCEPTS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTERNAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS

When is a resource valuable?

THE IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF A CORE COMPETENCE PERSPECTIVE

Practical guideline on core and distinctive competence analysis

INTERNAL VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS

Internal value chain outsourcing options

The ultimate impact of an internal value chain

Practical guideline on developing an internal value chain perspective

CULTURE AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

RISK ANALYSIS

Practical guideline on a risk analysis

GENERAL INTERNAL ANALYSIS

Ethical practices analysis

Customer service status/trends analysis and employee engagement trends

Product scope and product portfolio analysis

Organisation life cycle analysis

Chapter 6 Generic business analysis approaches and tools

BUSINESS ANALYSIS TOOLS

Conventional capital-budgeting tools

Quantitative multiple scenario tools

Qualitative scenario analysis

Case-based decision analysis.

Information aggregation tools

ANALYSING A BUSINESS CASE

The limitations of the case method

Types of case

Preparing yourself to read the case

Develop your understanding of "the situation"

Sources of strategy information

Identify the business problem

Specify an outcome for the managers involved

Solving a strategy case

THE MINTO PYRAMID© (SCQA ANALYSIS)

DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY

Modelling

BUILDING A MODEL

Monte Carlo methods

The Cynefin framework

DEALING WITH BIAS

Bias in decision-making

The premortem

Determine your "risk personality"

PRACTICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING TOOLS

The five "whys" technique to find the root cause

Pareto analysis

Pareto frontier

The McKinsey 7-S model

Summary of problem-solving tools

BIOMATRIX SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK

CHAPTER SUMMARY AND WAY FORWARD

EVALUATING MY OWN TOOLKIT

THEME 3: CROSS-SIGHT DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 7 Synthesis of external and internal information

THEORY OF THE BUSINESS

HYPOTHESIS TESTING

A CURRENT BUSINESS MODEL VIEW

Customer segments

Value proposition

Channels

Customer relationships

Revenue streams

Key resources

Key activities

Key partnerships

Cost structure

AN INTEGRATED SWOT ANALYSIS

STRATEGIC ISSUES AND QUESTIONS

TOOLBOX FOR STRATEGY ANALYSIS

REFERENCES

ENDNOTES

INDEX

Back cover

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

List of figures

List of tables.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-86922-588-0