IDEAS & ARTICLES

Competitive Strategy Analysis Using Computer Software
It is impractical to expect busy senior managers to devote much time to learning intricacies of modern strategic analysis. But much analytical expertise can be built into a computer programme. This article describes ANSPLAN-A, a programme that can integrate the analytical expertise of a computer with experience and wisdom of executives.

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Managing In Turbulent Environments Igor Ansoff’s Strategic Success Model
Recent research shows that the most important factor determining the competitiveness and profitability of organizations is the extent to which they match their strategies and capabilities to the environment in which they operate. For every level of turbulence, Ansoff has identified a particular type of strategy and capability for success.

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The Discovery Journey To Achieving Bigger, Better and Faster Business Results
Key Success Discovery: Strategic Transformation

To be successful in this new economy, CEOs will need to engage their organizations to continually adapt their strategies to the changes, or more specifically, to continually and strategically transform. In Strategic Transformation, CEOs would need to lead their companies to review their environment, renew their strategy, redesign their capability and manage resistance to change to realize the new strategy.

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Dual Challenge of CEOs
CEOs who do not develop a deep insight of the challenges in the new environment are likely to focus their organizations’ energy and resources on the wrong initiative.

The “Dual Challenge”: Strategic Development and Operational Effectiveness is a new phenomenon arising from the new environment. In addition to focusing on operational management to ensure profit making, CEOs are required to develop new strategies to guide balanced allocation of resources between profit making and strategic development to ensure future growth.

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Changing Leadership Role and Profile of the CEOs

CEOs are the driving force to pilot the journey during Strategic Transformation. They make hard decisions on strategic direction during Strategic Planning, overcome opposition during Strategic Implementation while embracing creativity and innovation during Strategic Learning. This requires CEOs to demonstrate a high level of ambidextrous leadership in simultaneously seeing to strategic needs while continuing to meet ongoing operational needs at the same time.

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