SBL - Strategic Business Leadership Notes
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Syllabus Areas covered in these SBL Notes
Chapter 1 - Concepts of StrategyChapter 2 - External Environmental Analysis
Chapter 3 - Strategic Capability
Chapter 4 - Strategic Choice, Critical Success Factor & Benchmarking
Chapter 5 - Portfolio Analysis
Chapter 6 - Methods of Strategic Development
Chapter 7 - Organizing for Success
Chapter 8 - Managing Strategic Change
Chapter 9 - Business Process Change
Chapter 10 - Project Management
Chapter 11 - Financial Decision Making
Chapter 12 - E-Business and E-Marketing
Chapter 13 - Using IT Successfully
Chapter 14 - Corporate Governance
Chapter 15 - Corporate Governance Approaches
Chapter 16 - Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter 17 - Board of Directors
Chapter 18 - Relationship with Shareholders and Disclosure
Chapter 19 - Social and Environmental Issues
Chapter 20 - Internal Control Systems
Chapter 21 - Audit and Compliance
Chapter 22 - Risk Attitude and Internal Environment
Chapter 23 - Risk Identification
Chapter 24 - Professional and Corporate Ethics
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Chapter 1 - Concepts of Strategy
1. Definitions of Strategy2. Levels of Strategy
3. Elements of Strategic Management
4. Processes of Strategy Development
5. Strategic Planning Framework
Chapter 2 - External Environmental Analysis
1. The PESTEL Model2. Porter’s Diamond
3. 4 Inter-related Elements in Porter’s Diamond
4. Porter’s Five Forces Model
5. Key Drivers of Environmental Change
6. Product Life Cycle
7. Scenario Planing
Chapter 3 - Strategic Capability
1. Concepts of Strategic Capabilities and Competitive Advantages2. Cost Efficiency and Cost Leadership
3. Knowledge Management
4. Value Chain Analysis
5. Methods of Adding Value
6. SWOT Analysis
Chapter 4 - Strategic Choice, Critical Success Facror & Benchmarking
1. Business Strategy - How to Compete2. Strategic Clock
3. Porter’s Generic Strategies
4. Cost Leadership Strategy (Price Based Strategy)
5. Differentiation Strategy
6. Product Positioning
7. Critical Success Factors (CSFs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Benchmarking
Chapter 5 - Portfolio Analysis
1. Strategic Directionts - Choices of Products, Markets and Indistries to Pursue2. Bonston Consulting Group Matrix (BCG Matrix)
3. Parenting Matrix (Ashridge Portfolio Display Matrix)
4. Public Sector Portfolio Matrix
Chapter 6 - Methods of Strategic Development
1. Ansoff’s Growth Matrix2. Diversification and Integration
3. Strategic Methods - Choices of Ways to Pursue
4. Methods od Developments
5. Evaluation of Strategic Options (SFA)
Chapter 7 - Organizing for Success
1. Strategy Into Action2. Organization Configuration
3. Mintzberg’s Organization Configurations
Chapter 8 - Managing Strategic Change
1. Triggers for change2. Attitude to Changes
3. Lewin Force Field Model
4. Lewin - Unfreeze, Change, Re-freeze (Prescriptive Planned Change Theory)
5. Change Agent
6. Turnaround Strategy
7. Balogun and Hope Hailey Contextual Features Model
8. Cultural Web to Analyze Context of Change
Chapter 9 - Business Process Change
1. Business Change Life Cycle2. POPIT Model - Design Stage
3. Processes Change and Redesign in Strategy Implementation
4. Harmon’s Process-Strategy Matrix
5. Organization structure - a functional view and a process view
6. Swim Lane Diagram
7. Talent Management
Chapter 10 - Project Management
1. Project Identification, Initiation and Definition2. Business Case
3. Investment Appraisal
4. Project Management
Chapter 11 - Financial Decision Making
1. Financial Strategy2. Sources of Funding
3. Financial Analysis
4. Budgeting - Flexed Budget adn Variances
5. Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis
6. Decision Tree
7. Linear Regression
8. Time Series Analysis
Chapter 12 - E-Business and E-Marketing
1. Information Technology Controls2. E-Business
3. 7Ps in Marketing Concepts
4. 6Is of E-Marketing Mix
5. Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Chapter 13 - Using IT Successfully
1. Supply Chain Management2. Big Data
3. Cloud and Mobile Computing
4. Software Solutions
Chapter 14 - Corporate Governance
1. Corporate Governance Concepts2. Agency Theory
3. Stakeholders
4. Role of Stakeholder
5. Internal Stakeholder
6. External stakeholders
7. Institutional Investors
8. Major Issues in Corporate Governance
9. Public and Non-Governmental Bodies Corporate Governance
Chapter 15 - Corporate Governance Approaches
1. Development of Corporate Governance Guidances2. Rules-based Approach
3. Principle-Base Approach
4. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
5. Governance Structures
6. International Convergence
Chapter 16 - Corporate Social Responsibility
1. CSR Strategy and Strategic CSR (戰略性企業社會責任)2. Corporate Citizenship (企業公民)
3. Public Sector Governance
4. Johnson and Scholes - Organization’s Ethical Stances
5. Gray, Owen and Adams - Social Responsibility Stances
Chapter 17 - Board of Directors
1. Roles and Responsibilities of the Board2. Diversity
3. Board Structure
4. Board Membership and Roles - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
5. Legal and Regulatory Framework Governing the Board of Directors
6. Performance Evaluation of Directors
7. Non-Executive Directors (NEDs)
8. Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
9. Board Committees
10. Responsibilities of Nominations Committee
Chapter 18 - Relationship with Shareholders and Disclosure
1. Rights of Shareholders & Relationship with Shareholders2. Mandatory and Voluntary Disclosure
3. Institutional Investors
Chapter 19 - Social and Environmental Issues
1. Sustainability2. Social and Environmental Effects of Economic Activity
3. Environmental Management Systems
4. Social and Environmental Accounting, Audit and Reporting
5. Integrated Reporting (IR)
Chapter 20 - Internal Control Systems
1. Internal Control System2. Risk Management
3. The Five Componenets of a Strong Internal Control Framework
4. Evaluating Control Systems
5. Role and Respnsibility in Risk Management
6. Information Flow for Management
Chapter 21 - Audit and Compliance
1. Internal Audit2. Audit Committee
3. Reporting on Internal Cotrol to Shareholders
Chapter 22 - Risk Attitude and Internal Environment
1. Stakeholders’ Response to Risks2. Risk Management
Chapter 23 - Risk Identification
1. Types of Risks2. Risk Assessment - TARA Framework
3. Risk Perception
4. ALARP Principle
5. Risk Management Techniques
Chapter 24 - Professional and Corporate Ethics
1. Profession and Professionalism2. Corporate Code of Ethics
3. Professional Codes of Ethics
4. Corruption and Bribery
5. Tucker’s 5 question model - Frameworks for Dealing with Ethical Situations
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