Business Skills Strategy and Innovation Strategic Thinking
Strategic thinking is a relatively new business concept that takes its place amid more established and studied activities of strategy formulation, strategic planning, and strategic decision making. These activities cannot be successful without strategic thinking. Charting the future of a company requires creative as well as logical thought. Strategic thinking is about synthesizing information and ideas in order to determine a company's competitive advantage and future success. It leads to establishing objectives, planning courses of action, and allocating resources in a constantly changing business environment. If you want to become a strategic thinker you must be prepared to think with your heart as well as your head. Even then, you can never be sure how the future will turn out, but you will have the skills to help you make your next strategic move. This program is designed to help you appreciate the value of strategic thinking in the workplace, recognize the attributes that comprise strategic thinking, develop competencies to become a strategic thinker, participate in strategic thinking activities, and incorporate strategic thinking into your leadership role and activities.
