STRATEGIC THINKING

Strategic Thinking

“Analysis is the critical starting point of strategic thinking” - Kenichi Ohmae.

Strategic Thinking

“Analysis is the critical starting point of strategic thinking” - Kenichi Ohmae.

Introduction

Strategic thinking is defined as a vision of the company's management that she should look into the future. This vision, which determines the direction, nature and direction of the business. Strategic planning focuses on the 'how', how the organization intends to achieve this vision.

Why is analysis important in strategic thinking?

Analysis is necessary to understand the three angles of a Kenichi's Strategic Triangle (see appendix). By fully understanding the customers, competitors and the company, it can lead to non-individualistic strategy that, which accordance with Porter (1996), a competitive strategy should be all concerning.

Some key aspects that need to be analyzed are:

the current domestic situation (part of Kenichi's)

State of the Environment (Kenichi customers and competitors part)

The holistic aspects of business activity (part of the company Kenichi again)

On the business process modeling

On the business process analysis

On the potential for streamlining business processes and/or reengineering

Different Perceptions of Vision Organization

Management in an organization may be familiar with their corporate vision. Nevertheless, when asked to describe different people have different ideas about how their organization will be like in the future. Thus, the vision is clear, as fuzzy. This means that although the management team knows how vision and the back of their hands, but the images that appear in the minds of the people are different.

What problems can get in the way of good strategic analysis?

Problems that may arise on the way of good policy analysis are as follows:

Lack of information

Inability to analyze things

The difference in the perception of the analyzer and the latest information

The difference between the current situation and potential directions

Inability to foresee things Next

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