Strategic Direction, Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership
Task 1
1.1: Critically analyse the current strategic aims and objectives of your chosen scenario/organisation, you may wish to consider the fuller hierarchy of objectives, within your critical analysis, enable greater detection of misalignment. Use techniques and modelling to underpin your critical analysis, where feasible.
1.2: Decompose your organisational strategy into logical component parts, it is likely that each functional area will have their own customized strategies and tactics; it is within this sphere that misalignment often occurs. Not all component parts of the strategy will have the same value or level of risk; this may be considered in your analysis.
1.3: Critically conduct an environmental scan focused on environmental factors in the short and medium term, short being up to one-year, longer term being up to three years.
Task 2
2.1 Conduct an audit customised for the purpose of signposting the activities within the processes of working towards existing strategic aims and objectives. Embed diagnostic tools from across the business domain to add validity and confident in the auditing activity.
2.2 Identify ten stakeholders connected with the organisation and evaluate their expectations. Undertake stakeholder mapping to analyse the power and influence they have upon the organisational strategy. Strategic Stakeholder Tooling is recommended for this task.
2.3 Evolve a strategic positioning map or tool(s) to enable critical analysis of the business processes and activities towards the achievement of the current strategic position.
TASK 3
3.1: Deploy strategic options tools to support the critical evaluation of your identified range of strategic options in the short and medium term. Conduct critical analysis of the value of your chosen tools, together with suitable criteria for the selection of use of such tools. Supporting factors may be such factors as profit, core competencies, quality, competitive factors and business processes.