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| Spicing up your strategy Our member magazine, Strategy, looks at India. With everything from medical procedures to investment banking either migrating from the West or springing up from within, it has become apparent that India has an innovative and exportable way of doing business. As an uninspired Western economy continues to blot the global financial landscape, Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Jitendra Singh and Michael Unseem argue that perhaps it is time to look to India for stimulating innovation. >> |
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 International SME alliancesThe latest issue of Long Range Planning, issue 44 (August 2011), is now available and includes a compelling account of how building and managing international alliances is a challenging activity for many SMEs. The study examines whether poor evaluation of foreign partners as well as problematic negotiations / arrangements are directly linked to success. >> The challenge of relative values Two new research studies covered in Shaping Tomorrow examine personal values among young adults and the realities of corporate values and culture. Both have some harsh truths to tell, meaning companies may need to take a long hard look at their corporate cultures. >> Quote ... unquote 
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Problem solving or opportunity finding? This month one member of the SPS LinkedIn group asked a question on the lips of many downturn-affected businesses – How do you assess business model risk in the strategic planning process? The discussion provoked a variety of responses. Why not join in the debate, with over 6,000 members of the SPS LinkedIn group. >>  Charles Hobson – New SPS FellowCharles Hobson, MA, CEng, CITP, FStratPS, has become an SPS Fellow. He discusses the meaning and importance of strategy and how the gap between academic notions of strategy and its practical applications can be bridged. “I don’t think a business can survive without a sound strategy. My personal belief is that strategic management is probably the most important tool or technique for any organisation, regardless of sector,” he says. >> Jobs
Strategy jobsThe SPS jobs service for members features 12 high-profile, well-remunerated posts for strategists with a range of responsibilities and across several sectors. >> |
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The Oxford Diploma in Strategy and Innovation, Said Business School The Oxford Diploma in Strategy and Innovation is designed to enhance your ability to take effective strategic decisions in today’s dynamic business environment, and to innovate for competitive advantage. The Diploma combines the highest standards of academic rigour with a practical approach to developing strategic thinking and execution, entrepreneurship and innovation. This is an intellectually rich programme, designed to extend knowledge and broaden and deepen your skill base, with a clear focus on practical application. >> Tomorrow’s Natural Business Conference Tomorrow’s Natural Business Conference will take place on 11 November 2011 at ICAEW’s Great Hall. The full-day event will explore how businesses, like nature, can turn waste into energy, implement bio-mimetic design, become adaptable to crises and continue to be successful and sustainable in an increasingly volatile global market. >> |
Strategic Planning Innovation Summit New York 8-9 December 2011 Concentrating on case studies to help delegates learn from the obstacles and successes of others, this event will act as the perfect knowledge-sharing platform for high-level strategy innovators. High-calibre speakers come from companies including Bank of America, MillerCoors, Dow Jones & Company and Dell. Visit the website or contact Sean Foreman to request an invitation. >> St. Andrews November Talk – ‘Where was strategy in the crisis?’ The first SPS Strategy Club event will take place at St Andrew’s Business School on 16 November. Kim Warren and Richard Stevenson will present a seminar asking what role strategy should have played in the financial crisis, explaining how and why strategy has lost influence in corporations over the past two decades and how this trend can be reversed by reconnecting strategy with the fundamental principles of finance. The essential issues will be demonstrated with a hands-on simulation and a real-world case study. >> |
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Strategy theory into practice – Cardiff Llyr Jones, Group Head of Strategy at BAE Systems, addressed an audience of around 300 students and local businesspeople at the launch event of the SPS Strategy Club at Cardiff Business School. The talk was followed by a private dinner with faculty professors, student ambassadors and local business leaders. Feedback from students and businesspeople who attended was excellent. Presentation slides are available on request from paul.barnett@sps.org.uk >> Business schools expansion SPS is engaging more business schools in an effort to strengthen our role as a bridge between strategists in academia and strategist as practitioners. Paul Barnett has recently been out meeting business schools that expressed an interest in the project and all have expressed strong support for the initiative we are taking. Joining the programme are Said Business School, Cranfield, St Andrews, and Strathclyde. Others have expressed a strong interest in taking part and will hopefully be engaged soon, including: Oxford Brookes, Warwick, Edinburgh University Business School, Dundee and Henley. SPS Strategy Club events are being planned at schools that have already joined. >> Gower publishing discount Gower Publishing are supporting the SPS Strategy Clubs initiative, but have also agreed to offer a new benefit to all SPS members. All existing and new members will enjoy 25% discount of the Gower catalogue of books bought online. Check out the offers page now (login required). >> New speaker – Mark Anderson  Mark Anderson, President of Strategy and Business Development at Pearson International, has agreed to speak at SPS Strategy Club events on the subject of strategic leadership. Students and businesspeople who attend his talk will no doubt be interested in his view that, "perhaps one of the greatest challenges faced by a leader of any team is the necessity to confront a paradox – planned uncertainty". >> Discount subscription to Strategy + Business The SPS has reached an agreement allowing all our members to receive the award-winning management quarterly Strategy + Business at up to 45% off subscription price. >> |
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