Key Models
Boost performance, prepare for change and implement effective strategies
Strategy
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The BCG growthshare matrix
The BCG ‘growth-share matrix’ is a simple model to help with priorities
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Blue ocean strategy
Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor your own and other people’s emotions
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Five forces analysis
This is a way of analysing the attractiveness of an industry
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Game theory: the prisoner’s dilemma
Game theory provides a set of models, such as the ‘prisoner’s dilemma’, which help a firm plan its strategy, taking all such factors into account
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Generic strategies
Generic strategies are the basic choices firms make – low cost, differentiated, focused – that enable them to develop competitive advantage
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The McKinsey 7S framework
Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor your own and other people’s emotions
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Corporate strategy: parenting advantage
Parenting advantage is a way of making sense of the portfolio of businesses within such a firm, and identifying which businesses to focus on
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Core competence and the resourcebased view
These models help a firm to understand and to develop their internal capabilities so that they become a source of competitive advantage
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Corporate social responsibility: the triple bottom line
making CSR practical is to think about your ‘triple bottom line’ – making money for your shareholders, while also measuring the contribution you make to the communities you operate in, and to the sustainability of the planet’s scarce resources
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The ambidextrous organisation
For a firm to be successful over the long term, it has to be profitable today while also investing in its future
