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Business Strategy Specialization 

Business Strategy Specialization
 at 
University of Virginia 
Overview

Get the tools, frameworks and insights to help you create and drive successful, agile strategies for your organization

Duration

1 month

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Course Level

UG Certificate

Business Strategy Specialization
 at 
University of Virginia 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from University of Virginia
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Business Strategy Specialization
 at 
University of Virginia 
Course details

What are the course deliverables?
  • How to evaluate industry evolution
  • How to build and sustain competitive advantage
  • How to formulate and assess business strategies
  • How to align efforts to organizational strategy
More about this course
  • This three-program noncredit certificate will give you the confidence and skills to assess industry and organization structure, develop a plan to grow your firm, and formulate and recommend business strategy
  • This engaging program features multiple opportunities to practice your analytic skills, as well as peer feedback to ensure that you get the support you need to develop and implement a sustainable, successful strategy
  • Analyze, evaluate and recommend specific actions organizations can take to grow their value, while also avoiding common growth pitfalls

Business Strategy Specialization
 at 
University of Virginia 
Curriculum

Foundations of Business Strategy

How to use the SWOT, competitor, and environmental analysis tools

How to assess an industry's structure and how the competitive dynamics in an industry affect profitability

Advanced Business Strategy

The dynamics of competition, the competitive life cycle, and strategies to survive and thrive through industry disruption

Internationalization strategies, how, where, and when to enter foreign markets, and foreign direct investment

Business Growth Strategy

How to identify and evaluate opportunities to scale an organization

How to enter new markets and apply game theory to analyze, assess, and respond to competitors

Strategic Planning and Execution

How to connect strategic analysis to strategy execution using hypothesis testing to unearth key assumptions and assess their validity

Four different approaches to strategy formulation and how governance ties into effective strategy formulation

Business Strategy in Practice (Project-centered Course)

Employ your toolkit to develop your comprehensive Strategic Analysis

Build a well-supported case recommending a specific strategic path

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Business Strategy Specialization
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Contact Information

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P.O. Box 400160,Charlottesville,Virginia 22904-4160
Charlottesville ( Virginia)

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