S3: Conceptualizing Muhammad Shafique

SDSB, LUMS
Strategy
Seeing the Perspective

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…Seeing the Perspective

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The ‘Elephant’ of Strategy

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Five P’s of Strategy

PLAN PATTERN POSITION PERSPECTIVE PLOY

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Levels of Organizational Strategies

Corporate CHQ

Business SBU1 SBU2 SBU3

Operational HR Finance Production Marketing

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…Levels of Organizational Strategies

Nishat
Corporate Group

Nishat Nishat DG Khan MCB

Business Mills Power Cement Bank
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Operational HR Finance Production Marketing

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The smallest set of choices that optimally

guide (or force) other choices. (Eric Van
Den Steen)

Decision
Strategy and A

Strategic Decision
A1
Decision
A2
Decision
A3
Decisions
Decision Decision Decision
A1(a) A1(b) A1(c)
Strategic Decisions

Corporate Nishat Group

Hyundai
Business Nishat
Motor

HR Finance Production Marketing

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 Setting
Focusing effort
direction
What Does
Strategy Do?
Defining the Providing
organization consistency

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Describing A Business Strategy

C
COMPEMTITORS’
CUSTOMERS’
Offerings
Needs
A
B D

COMPANY’S
Capabilities

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…Describing A Business Strategy

OBJECTIVE What do we wish to

achieve?
SCOPE Where will we do/don’t
operate?
ADVANTAGE How will we be different
from competitors?

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Deliberate and Emergent Strategies

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Assignment for the Week 2
Using Vensim, create mental model/s of the following question:

How do deliberate and emergent strategies interplay?

Deadline: Submit on LMS by Friday 29-Jan, 11.55 pm.

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Q&A

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