MBS608 From Strategy

to Operations
Facilitator
Presented by Mr Venkat SN
 Introduction to the course
Please note:

Unit Information and Learning Guide is the document to refer to for all matters
concerning your course.

This is only a short intro with some highlights

 About the course – What will
you learn

 This unit covers the design and implementation of strategy, both at the
organisation and business unit levels. It also presents the tools and
methodologies for industry and competition analysis as well as techniques to
tap uncontested markets to deliver fast growth and superior profitability.
 Whatever the goals are, financial, market-oriented, people-oriented, there has to
be a systematic effort to operationalise the plans by taking the right
decisions that will lead towards these goals.
 Translating strategy into operations is all about making choices and executing
them.
 Actively manage business processes for Value Creation.
 Analyse the importance and the challenges of aligning strategy and execution.
 How to strategize under uncertainty
 Building Resilience and Agility in organisations
 Study schedule
Live Online Topic/Project/Study theme Assessment items Due
Collaborate Session
Week 1A: Purpose, Priorities and Choice   31 Aug 2020

Case Study: Mystic Monk Coffee

Week 1B: Strategy Tools – Porters Five Forces Session 1 B – 3 Sep 2020

Case Study: Air BnB Assessment 3

Week 2A: Generic Competitive Strategies Session 2 A – 7 Sep 2020

Case Study: Fitbit Assessment 3

Week 2B: Defensive and Offensive Strategies Session 2 B 10 Sep 2020

1. Amazon.com’s Business Model and Its Assessment 1

Evolution Case number 3 page C 10

2. Uber in 2016: Can It Remain the Dominant

Leader …? Case number 12, page C129

3. GoPro’s Struggle for Survival in 2016 Case

number 15, page C183
Week 3A: Managing Business Processes for Value Creation Session 3 A 14 Sep 2020

Assessment 3
Week 3B: Aligning Strategy and Execution   17 Sep 2020
Week 4A: Strategy Under Uncertainty   21 Sep 2020
Week 4B: Resilience and Agility   24 Sep 2020
 Schedule of assessment items
Assessment Description Aligned Unit Learning Value Due
item Outcomes (ULO)

Assessment 1 Case Study ULO1 and ULO2 30% Session 2b. Thu 10
Group Sep 2020, via Zoom

Assessment 2 Engagement ULO1 and ULO2 20% Continuous

Individual
ULO5, ULO6, ULO7

Assessment 3 Chapter Summary, ULO1 and ULO2 20% Session 1b, 2a, 3a
Group Presentation as (Gp 1, 2, 3
concept Maps + 500- respectively)
word (max) summary
document

Assessment 4 Case Study ULO3 and ULO4 30% Sat 24 Oct 2020 @
Individual 17.00 hours AWST /
SGT
 Presentation and Summary Document
Assessment 3 (20% Weighting) - Summary

What Chapter Summary

Why Understand that translating strategy into operations is all about making
choices and executing them.
ULO 1 & 2
Apply advanced methodologies to understand the competitive landscape

How Group

Due Session 1B, 2A, 3A (Group 1, 2 & 3) Upload to the LMS

Format Presentation and Word documents

Assessment Grading 5% is allocated for the 5-minute presentation (NOTE: 5 minutes

maximum), 5% is allocated for the concept map, and the remaining 10%
is allocated for the 500-word summary document.
 Presentation and Summary Document

 Each group must submit the one-page Concept Map of the chapter.

 Summary Document is a 500-word essay (inclusive of reference and

footnotes) for each chapter that provides a comprehensive, coherent
and logical summary of the chapter. The summary must form the basis
of the presentation. It cannot be different from the presentation, but it is
not the presentation. (NOTE: Two chapters would mean 1,000 words;
500 words for each chapter).
 The presentation will be graded on the quality of the presentation skills
and concept map
 Presentation Roaster
Live Online
Collaborate Presentation
Session # Group + Chapter Date
Session 1B – Group 1 – Thompson / Peteraf / Gamble / Strickland. Crafting and 3 Sep 2020
Executing Strategy. The Quest for Competitive Advantage. Concept and
Assessment 3
Cases Twenty-First Edition. McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 4
Session 2A – Group 2 – Thompson / Peteraf / Gamble / Strickland. Crafting and 7 Sep 2020
Executing Strategy. The Quest for Competitive Advantage. Concept and
Assessment 3
Cases Twenty-First Edition. McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 5

Session 2B Case Studies: (Assumption - 3 groups in class; All 3 groups to present 10 Sep 2020
their assigned cases.)
Assessment 1
Amazon.com’s Business Model and Its Evolution Case number 3 page C 10

Uber in 2016: Can It Remain the Dominant Leader …? Case number 12,
page C129

GoPro’s Struggle for Survival in 2016 Case number 15, page C183

Session 3A Group 3 – Robert S. Kaplan and David P.Norton. 2004. Strategy Maps. Vol 14 Sep 2020
26. HBS Press.: Boston

Chapter 2 Strategy Maps

 Case Study Analysis - Assessment 4
SODEXHO HC (A): CREATING STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT WITH THE BALANCED
SCORECARD Regine Slagmulder; Luk N Van Wassenhove; Francesco G G Zingales.

Assessment (30% Weighting) Summary

What Produce a written case study analysis based on the given case and
case questions.

Why Plan and manage organisation and business unit strategies to ensure
a sustainable competitive advantage.
ULO 3 & 4
Actively manage business processes for Value Creation

How Individual

Due Saturday 24 Sep 2020. 17:00 hrs AWST/SGT

Format Word document

Slide Headline

Text here. (White slides for print friendly version)

 When using dot points please use this style