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
Why Choose
this Training Course?
All
businesses
are going through a process of continuous transition. This makes
decisions more complex and increasingly
risky. Business leaders and
managers need to understand the major forces for change and direction
of change
in markets, competition, technology and business model in order to sustain
profitable growth
and identify the direction and nature of development
decisions that will create tomorrow’s organisation
out of today’s organisation.
This popular training course, offered by AZTech, will enable you to
understand
the direction and nature of change in international business and to develop
strategic and
operating plans that will form the foundation of competitive
performance as your organisation moves into
the future.
The
training
course will feature:
·
Guidelines
on best
practice in business analysis
·
Identification
of the
main forces for change in your business
·
Dealing
with choice and
complexity in business decisions
·
Assessment
of risk in
business development programmes
·
Devising
innovative
ideas for participating organisations
What
are
the Goals?
By
the
end of this training course, participants will be able to:
·
Identify
the main trends
in your business as it develops
·
Evaluate
the performance
of your organisation up to now
·
Introduce
innovative and
differentiating activities in your business model
·
Align and
coordinate
strategic and operational programmes and projects
·
Apply
leading-edge tools
and techniques of business planning
Who
is
this Training Course for?
This
York
British training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will
greatly
benefit:
·
Experienced
business
analysts and strategic planners
·
Specialists
in financial
management
·
Managers
in
organisational and human resource development
·
Specialists
in
operational management
·
Marketing
and commercial
staff
How
will
this Training Course be Presented?
This York British training
course will utilize a variety of proven adult
learning techniques to ensure
maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of this
information
presented. The emphasis will be on studying real organisations making
major
decisions. Above all, the principles and approaches to business
analysis will be illustrated by
reference to real-life situations in which the
course leader has been personally involved. This
includes presentations
by the course leader, discussion of case examples, group work on case
studies
based on analysis, interaction & discussion, video presentations by subject
experts on
aspects of these subjects and decision analysis in different
strategic and competitive
conditions.