In today's competitive and unpredictable business world, enterprises that can systematically use innovation have a competitive advantage and are better placed to increase competitiveness and productivity. The Competitive Strategy and Innovation online course focuses on taking advantage of internal resources and determining what makes a firm unique to gain and maintain a competitive edge.
Systematic innovation management is important in reacting to pandemics like COVID-19, technological development, or customers' rising environmental concerns. The Competitive Strategy and Innovation Training, led by LSE specialists, teaches candidates how to utilize innovation as a management weapon to differentiate themselves in a competitive environment.
The Competitive Strategy and Innovation syllabus delves into a variety of practical approaches and methodologies for identifying possibilities for invention in the face of disruption, assessing the feasibility of ideas, and developing marketing strategies for practical implementation. By doing the course, candidates will leave with a plan of action for sustaining long-term success in their organisation.
To qualify for the Competitive Strategy and Innovation certification, candidates must finish the online modules of the course and submit all the project works and assignments included in the course. Students must participate in the class activities such as live polls, quizzes, questionnaires, surveys, etc. A series of assignments, practicals and class activities are used to assess the progress of students. All the requisites mentioned in the coursebook must be satisfied to qualify for the certification.
What you will learn
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After completing the Competitive Strategy and Innovation online training, Students will learn how to assess their businesses against rivals and how to adapt to disruption. Participants will learn about various strategies for identifying and leveraging existing resources to create a competitive advantage. Candidates will also learn how to use technologies to improve organisational performance through different methodologies and frameworks and use the practical toolbox for fostering technological improvement for a competitive edge.
Individuals from any sector wishing to improve their resilience in the face of upheaval can join the course.
Business development executives who want to assist their organizations to become more flexible and become a platform for the development
Management consultants seeking strategy formulation insights, as well as managers in charge of executing innovation and strategy within their organisation.
Admission Details
To get admission to the Competitive Strategy and Innovation program, follow the steps mentioned below:
Open the official course page URL.
Click on the ‘Register Now’ button to start the registration process
Read the terms and conditions, and agree to continue
Fill in the personal details to generate a profile on the course provider Getsmarter website
Provide the billing address and fee sponsor information if any
Pay the amount of fee using a preferred method and start online class on the scheduled date
The Syllabus
Articulate the concept of the resource-based view of the firm
Outline the importance of leveraging analytical reasoning for strategic business decisions
Describe the effect of innovation on competitive strategy using the perspective of the resource-based view
Show how business models relate to competitive positioning
Illustrate the trade-off between value creation and value capture as pioneered in the concept of competition
Describe the average profits of an industry using Porter’s five forces framework
Determine the risks associated with competitive decisions when making a trade-off between value creation and value capture
Identify competitors and complementors on the buyer and supplier sides
Show value curves for products and services
Indicate competitive positioning using a perceptual map
Identify the relationship between an organisation's value proposition and its profit
Create a VRI table to identify strategic resources and capabilities
Analyse strategic resources for a competitive advantage
Deconstruct a trade-off between value creation and value capture using the resource-based view
Determine cumulative strategic resources for a competitive advantage
Discuss the complex connection between stocks and flows
Evaluate how an organisational design decision might influence an organisation's business model
Design multiple business models for a single entrepreneurial idea
Assess the feasibility of several business models that are derived from a single entrepreneurial idea
Illustrate the three diagnostics, derived from Porter's generic strategies, needed to monitor an innovation system
Review the relationship between disruption and success
Articulate three ways in which innovation can present a new position according to Porter’s generic strategies for competitive advantage
Evaluate the elements that best fit a blue ocean strategy
Analyse the changes in competitive positioning that sustain a competitive advantage
Use a product performance trajectory to influence research and design strategies
Describe the link between a value proposition and the product development trajectory
Evaluate a table of innovations using Porter's generic strategies
Articulate the concept of competence destruction
Choose appropriate research strategies for data collection
Apply the five steps of design thinking
Conduct a design thinking exercise on a practical case study
Complete an empathy map
Articulate how customer journey mapping can be used in an organisation
Describe the process of customer journey mapping
Draft a plan to foster consistent innovation for a competitive advantage
Recommend key tools for strategy implementation in an organisation