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I passed p3 first time and all I had done was learn the theories below and applied it to the scenario.

Environment

– PESTEL
– Scenario Building
– Porter’s Five Forces
– OT analysis of SWOT
– Marketing Mix 7Ps
– Market Segmentation
– Product Positioning Map
– CSF, DMU
– Customer Behavior Analysis

Organisations

– Structure (Functional, Divisional, Team Matrix, Transnational)
– Mission and Objectives (SMART)
– Resources and Competencies
– 9 M’s Model (Resources)
– Resource Base Theory
– Cost Efficiency (Economies of Scale)
– Knowledge Management (Data warehouse, Data mining, Intranet, ERPs)
– Value Chain Model (Porter)
– Product Lifecycle
– Innovation, R & D (leader or follower strategy)
– Benchmarking
– SW analysis of SWOT
– Ethical / CSR issues / Corporate Governance
– Stakeholder Mapping (Mendelow)
– The Cultural Web (The Paradigm by JS&W;)
– Types of Culture (Power, Role, Task, Existential)
– Prospectors, Analyzers, Defenders, Reactors (Miles and Snow)

Strategy Options

– Ansoffs Growth Vector Matrix
– Diversification (Related or Unrelated)
– Globalization
– 5 Stages of Evolution of Global Business (Ohmae)
– Management Orientation (Ethnocentric, Polycentric, Geocentri)
– BCG matrix with Build, Hold, Harvest, Divest
– Porter’s 3 generic strategies
– Growth Strategies

Organizing for Success

– Process Controls (Balance Score Card)
– Stereological Configurations (Mintzberg)
– Process Strategy Matrix (Harmon)
– Business Process Redesign
– Types of Redesign
– Software Solutions – defining, selection techniques
– V-Model
– E-Business Evolution (Earl) and Adoption Pyramid
– Mcfarlan and Mckenny’s Strategic Grid
– E-Supply Chain Management
– E-Marketing – The 6 Is
– Customer Relationship Management
– Quality Management System (Six Sigma, ISO 9000:2000)
– CMMI
– Project Management

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