Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Strategic planning for professional service firms in the time of COVID-19
This course covers foundational elements around strategy mindset and the strategic planning process for professional service firms. In the course, learners explore current challenges professional service firms are facing.
4 weeks, 2 hours per week
James Jung
Director of Programs, College of Law Asia
College of Law
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain foundational business strategy concepts
- Apply common strategic tools to analyse the current business state of a professional services firm
- Explain key strategic business models
- Develop basic elements of a strategic plan for a professional services firm
Syllabus
- What is strategy? Introduction to thought leaders.
- Elements of the ‘strategy process’ and a strategic plan
- Analysis of pre-COVID-19 trends (eg client sophistication, governance, connectivity)
- Strategic analysis in a PS firm context. Internal/external environmental analysis tools applying the following frameworks – SWOT, PESTLE and Porters 5 Forces
- Strategic choice – key growth strategy models
- The Strategic plan – pulling it together; SMART objectives
Issued on 10th August 2020
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