Strategic Goals: How to Master Corporate Strategy
Discover the best methods for foreign market entry, corporate diversification strategy and corporate international strategy.
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How it works
Strategic Goals: How to Master Corporate Strategy
Explore stakeholder analysis to master your corporate strategy
How can you make your business plan a reality? In this two-week course, you’ll have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of how to strategise for the future using stakeholder analysis and corporate level strategy.
Master your understanding of corporate strategy
Every business needs an action plan to bring it to life. This course will give you the chance to review everything you need to know to build a robust business strategy – from traditional and emerging motivations for organisations to pursue international expansions, the identity benefits of an international strategy plan and exploring global markets and diversification strategy.
Explore the fundamentals of international strategy
As you begin this course, you’ll have the opportunity to learn the tools to allow you to identify opportunities in foreign markets. You’ll explore how to identify international opportunities and common strategies – from exports and licensing to joint ventures and direct investment - and confront the risks associated with internationalisation.
Uncover foreign market entry strategies
You’ll be introduced to the basics of foreign market entry strategies. What can international markets offer a specific business? Is the business ready to go global – and what foreign markets should be considered for expansion first?
Syllabus
Week 1
Strategic actions - international strategy
Welcome to the course
Explore the traditional and emerging motives for firm to pursue international expansions, and to identify the major benefits of an international strategy.
Identifying international opportunity
International strategy is a strategy through which the firm sells its goods or service outside its domestic market.
Foreign market entry modes
A firm can enter international markets through exporting, licensing, forming alliance and establishing wholly owned subsidiaries.
Summary activities
The aim of business-level strategy is to gain competitive advantage. The key of designing a good business-level strategy is that you should link your internal strength with external opportunities.
Week 2
Strategic actions - corporate-level strategy
Welcome to Week 2
This week, we are going to explain what is corporate-level strategy, and then discuss diversification, a very important form of corporate-level strategy.
Diversification as a corporate-level strategy
Corporate-level strategy refers to actions a firm takes to gain a competitive advantage by selecting and managing a group of different businesses competing in different product markets.
Strategic actions – Diversification
Explore different levels of diversification and understand the benefits and risks associated with this corporate-level strategy.
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Discuss the nature and importance of stakeholder analysis
- Explore modes for entering international markets
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for intermediate-level business managers and students to gain more knowledge about strategy and globalisation. This course aims to equip you with the concepts, framework and techniques needed for better environmental scanning.
You can enhance your learning experience by following related courses, designed by Coventry University:
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
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Choose the best way to learn for you!
Subscribe & save
$244.99 for a whole year
Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$109/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Limited access
Free
Sample the course materials
- Access expires 3 Oct 2024
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