Link between Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning &
Strategic Management
Strategic
Thinking
Strategic
Analysis
Strategy
Formulation
Strategy
Implementation
Strategy
Evaluation
Strategic Management is the process of analyzing, formulating, implementing
and evaluating various strategies in order to achieve organization's goals
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Many brilliant people believe that ideas move mountains . But
Bulldozers move mountains ;ideas show where the bulldozers should
go to work.
-Peter Drucker- 2
Intended Strategy
Unrealized
Strategy
Deliberate
Strategy is a pattern in a stream of actions over time
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Emergent
Strategy
Realized
Strategy
Different Kinds of strategies
Mintzberg’s Definition of Strategy
Mintzberg’s 5Ps of Strategy
Plan
Development of strategy in
advance with a purpose
Ploy
One of the ways to outsmart
the competition such as buy
patents so competitor cannot
launch a rival product
Pattern
Successful aspects of the
past can lead to success in
the future
Position
The way organization relates to
its competitive environment and
what it can do to make it a
unique in the marketplace
Perspective
Influence of the
organizational culture
and collective thinking
on the strategic decision
making within the
company
5 Ps Of
Strategy
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Plan
• The course of action
• What comes in mind when people think
of strategy development
• Purposely and in advance
• Tools:
• Identify opportunities: PEST & SWOT analysis
• Reaching opportunities : Change Management
and Project Management Techniques
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Tools
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Ploy
• Specific Tactics to try and Outsmart
your competitors
• Short term tactics
• Examples: Dropping prices, Threatening
legal action
Tools:
Scenario planning , game theory and
futures wheel
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Tools
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Futures Wheel
Pattern
• Consistent series of Actions we do
everyday
• What Kind of behaviors have worked in
the past
• Which Patterns to continue or enhance
• Think of the plan as being the intended
strategy or the realized strategy
Tools :
Core Competency Model
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Core Competency Model
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Position
• Where you sit on the playing field
relative to your competitors
• Being the cheapest , having the
most features or having world-
beating customer service
• How are we going to carve a piece
of market for ourselves?
Tools:
PEST Analysis, Value Chain analysis
and Porter’s Diamond Model
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Porter’s Value Chain
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Porter’s Diamond Model
• Used by businesses to analyze the
external competitive environment to
explain the relative strength of one
business against another and why
some industries are more
advantageous than others in a
particular region.
• Germany is a home base for car
manufacturing.
• South Korea is a home base for
consumer electronics.
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Perspective
• Position looks to the world
.Perspective looks internally.
• How to shape the personality and
the culture of the organization.
• Must be shared and lived by all
members of the organization and it
is the management role
• Tools:
Core Competencies Model,
Trompenaars Cultural dimensions
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Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions
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Mintzberg’s 5Ps of Strategy
Plan
The easiest to use and the most Intuitive
consumer electronics. Expand The app ecosystem
Ploy
Threaten to sue any
competitors who copy
their Technology
Pattern
Uses Innovation to respond to
the challenge of competition
Position
Apple Products are positioned
at the high end
Perspective
One of Apple values is
ā€œThink Differentā€. Its
culture is about making
the best products in an
innovative way
5 Ps Of
Strategy
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Mintzberg 5 Ps of strategy

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    Link between StrategicThinking, Strategic Planning & Strategic Management Strategic Thinking Strategic Analysis Strategy Formulation Strategy Implementation Strategy Evaluation Strategic Management is the process of analyzing, formulating, implementing and evaluating various strategies in order to achieve organization's goals 1
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    Many brilliant peoplebelieve that ideas move mountains . But Bulldozers move mountains ;ideas show where the bulldozers should go to work. -Peter Drucker- 2
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    Intended Strategy Unrealized Strategy Deliberate Strategy isa pattern in a stream of actions over time 3 Emergent Strategy Realized Strategy Different Kinds of strategies Mintzberg’s Definition of Strategy
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    Mintzberg’s 5Ps ofStrategy Plan Development of strategy in advance with a purpose Ploy One of the ways to outsmart the competition such as buy patents so competitor cannot launch a rival product Pattern Successful aspects of the past can lead to success in the future Position The way organization relates to its competitive environment and what it can do to make it a unique in the marketplace Perspective Influence of the organizational culture and collective thinking on the strategic decision making within the company 5 Ps Of Strategy 4
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    Plan • The courseof action • What comes in mind when people think of strategy development • Purposely and in advance • Tools: • Identify opportunities: PEST & SWOT analysis • Reaching opportunities : Change Management and Project Management Techniques 5
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    Ploy • Specific Tacticsto try and Outsmart your competitors • Short term tactics • Examples: Dropping prices, Threatening legal action Tools: Scenario planning , game theory and futures wheel 7
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    Pattern • Consistent seriesof Actions we do everyday • What Kind of behaviors have worked in the past • Which Patterns to continue or enhance • Think of the plan as being the intended strategy or the realized strategy Tools : Core Competency Model 9
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    Position • Where yousit on the playing field relative to your competitors • Being the cheapest , having the most features or having world- beating customer service • How are we going to carve a piece of market for ourselves? Tools: PEST Analysis, Value Chain analysis and Porter’s Diamond Model 11
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    Porter’s Diamond Model •Used by businesses to analyze the external competitive environment to explain the relative strength of one business against another and why some industries are more advantageous than others in a particular region. • Germany is a home base for car manufacturing. • South Korea is a home base for consumer electronics. 13
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    Perspective • Position looksto the world .Perspective looks internally. • How to shape the personality and the culture of the organization. • Must be shared and lived by all members of the organization and it is the management role • Tools: Core Competencies Model, Trompenaars Cultural dimensions 14
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    Mintzberg’s 5Ps ofStrategy Plan The easiest to use and the most Intuitive consumer electronics. Expand The app ecosystem Ploy Threaten to sue any competitors who copy their Technology Pattern Uses Innovation to respond to the challenge of competition Position Apple Products are positioned at the high end Perspective One of Apple values is ā€œThink Differentā€. Its culture is about making the best products in an innovative way 5 Ps Of Strategy 16