Strategy Execution

You may be able to identify strategic goals within your organisation, but have you reached them? 

In this Postgraduate Award, you will explore the challenges of implementing a strategy in an organisation. You will learn how to map out an implementation plan across an organisation, make sense of the broader change context and arrive at a set of actions to guide the process. The course also allows you to consider the challenges and effects of organisational change, providing tools and practical frameworks to enable you to lead change effectively. You will also consider the human element in implementing change and new strategies, looking at factors like decision-making and developing a culture of accountability.

Duration

This Postgraduate Award will run across four days of face-to-face teaching at our London base in The Shard, with a six week window to complete your assignments.

Structure

• Day one: Explore the main concepts and frameworks on strategy implementation, and understand how they can be applied using case studies. You will also explore how to articulate strategies through strategy maps and ways of measuring performance. 
• Day two: You will continue to understand how you can measure performance, data and information more generally. Exploring how you can design, implement and use effective measurement systems in different contexts.
• Day three: Gain an understanding of concepts and practical frameworks that will enable you to lead change more effectively in your organisation.
• Day four: Explore how you can become a better decision-maker, looking at theories and evidence from decision science, psychology, behavioural economics, and neuroscience. 

You will consolidate your learning in two assignments. You will carry out an analysis of a strategy execution challenge faced by a company of your choice and develop a set of recommendations as to how it should be addressed. You will also complete case study analysis.