BAIBF 10018 Strategic management and Business Analysis

A. Interacting with the organisation’s environment (20%)

Learning outcomes
Lead
1. Evaluate the influence of key external
factors on an organisation’s strategy
Component
(a) evaluate the influence and impact of the
external environment on an organisation
and its strategy
(b) recommend approaches to
business/government relations and to
relations with society

(c) discuss the drivers of external demands for

2. evaluate ethical issues arising from the
organisation’s interaction with its
environment.
environmental sustainability and corporate
social responsibility and the organisation’s
response
(d) recommend how to build and manage
strategic relationships with stakeholders
(including suppliers, customers, owners,
government and the wider society)
(a) evaluate ethical issues and their resolution
within a range of organisational contexts

B. Evaluating Strategic Position and Strategic Options (30%)

Learning outcomes
Lead Component
1. evaluate the process of strategy (a) evaluate the processes of strategic analysis
formulation. and strategic options generation

(b) recommend strategic options

(c) discuss the role and responsibilities of

directors in the strategy formulation and
implementation process.
 2. evaluate tools and techniques used in
strategy formulation.
C. Leading Change (20%)
Learning outcomes
Lead
1. advise on the important aspects of
organisational change.
2. evaluate tools and methods for
successfully implementing a change
programme.
3. recommend change leadership
processes in support of strategy
implementation.
D. Implementing Strategy (15%)
Learning outcomes
Lead
1. evaluate the tools and techniques of
strategy implementation.
(a) Evaluate strategic analysis tools
(b) recommend how to manage the product
portfolio of an organisation to support the
organisation’s strategic goals
(c) produce an organisation’s Value Chain.
Component
(a) evaluate the key impacts of organisational
change on organisations
(b) evaluate the role of leadership in managing
the change process and building and
managing effective teams.
(a) evaluate tools, techniques and strategies for
managing and leading the change process.
(a) evaluate the role of the change leader in
supporting strategy implementation
(b) recommend appropriate leadership styles
within a range of organisational change
contexts.
Component
(a) evaluate alternative models of strategic
performance measurement in a range
of business contexts
 (b) recommend solutions to problems in
strategic performance measurement.

E. The role of Information Systems in Organisational Strategy (15%)

Learning outcomes
Lead Component
1. evaluate the information systems (a) evaluate the information systems required
requirements for successful strategic to sustain the organisation
implementation.
(b) advise managers on the development of
strategies for knowledge management.

2. evaluate the opportunities for the use of (a) evaluate the impact of IT/IS on an
IT and Is for the organisation, including organisation and its strategy
Big Data.

(b) evaluate the strategic and competitive

impact of information systems, including
the potential contribution of Big Data.