Day One: The Fundamentals of Business Analysis
- The major global forces affecting business
- What is a business strategy?
- Why does business strategy matter?
- The concept of strategic alignment
- How to align strategic and operational plans
- The basic framework of an effective strategy
Day Two: Financial and Non-Financial Dimensions of Business
- Financial evaluation of a business
- The financial “anatomy” of an organisation
- Balancing profitability, liquidity and gearing
- Non-financial evaluation of a business
- Framework for non-financial analysis
- Application of the ‘Balanced Scorecard’
Day Three: Assessing the Future Potential of a Business
- Tools and techniques of market analysis
- Understanding changing customer requirements
- Assessing the impact of the product life-cycle
- Forecasting the future potential of a business
- International and global business development
- Identifying future organisational development priorities
Day Four: Innovation and Risk in Business Development
- Developing innovative offerings and business models
- Evolutionary and revolutionary innovation
- The impact of disruptive innovation
- Risk analysis in business decisions
- Identifying the right risk to take
- Tools and techniques of risk management
Day Five: Value Migration and Developing People for the Future
- What is the significance of value migration?
- Internal and external value migration
- The impact of value migration on strategy and structure
- Developing human capability for the future of the company
- The challenge of managing the agile organisation
- People development in a rapidly changing world