About the Course
Corporate & Business-Level Strategy is an advanced executive programme designed to strengthen leaders’ ability to make coherent strategic choices at both corporate and competitive levels.
In complex and diversified organisations, strategic success depends on clarity around scope, positioning, portfolio decisions, and competitive advantage. This course equips participants with structured frameworks for analysing industries, evaluating corporate portfolios, and designing defensible competitive strategies.
The programme bridges theory and practice, enabling leaders to apply strategic models to real organisational contexts and make disciplined long-term decisions that drive sustainable performance.
Course Benefits
- - Develop clarity on corporate vs business-level strategic decisions
- Strengthen capability in analysing industry structure and competitive dynamics
- Improve strategic portfolio and diversification decision-making
- Enhance the ability to define and defend competitive positioning
- Increase confidence in making high-impact strategic choices
Course Duration
5 Days (6 hours per day)
Who Is This Course For?
- - Senior leaders and directors
- Business unit heads
- Strategy and transformation teams
- Corporate planning professionals
- Executives involved in diversification, expansion, or restructuring decisions
Course Delivery
- - Executive workshops with facilitated strategic analysis
- Case-based corporate and competitive strategy simulations
- Portfolio evaluation exercises
- Structured group discussions and strategic debates
- Application of frameworks to participants’ organisational contexts
Course Content
Day 1: Foundations of Corporate & Competitive Strategy
- - Distinguishing corporate and business-level strategy.
- Understanding corporate advantage across business units.
- Evaluating industry structure and profitability drivers.
- Aligning corporate priorities with business execution.
Day 2: Industry & Competitive Analysis
- - Assessing industry attractiveness and competitive forces.
- Analysing competitor positioning and capabilities.
- Identifying cost drivers and differentiation opportunities.
- Defining defensible competitive positions.
Day 3: Corporate Portfolio & Diversification Decisions
- - Evaluating portfolio fit, value, and risk.
- Assessing diversification options and impact.
- Analysing M&A and partnerships for growth.
- Strengthening resource allocation decisions.
Day 4: Designing Competitive Strategy
- - Designing cost and differentiation strategies.
- Evaluating strategic trade-offs.
- Responding to disruption and market change.
- Using scenario analysis for resilience.
Day 5: Strategic Alignment & Execution
- - Aligning strategy through governance and KPIs.
- Translating priorities into measurable objectives.
- Communicating strategy across leadership levels.
- Embedding review and adaptation processes.
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