Overview
Short Description
- Develops a strategic plan to manage digital transformation, treating disruption as an opportunity
- Structured around three questions: where are we now, where are we going, how will we get there
- Applies a suitable business strategy model to assess the organisation's current position
- Defines a future-based vision and sustainable competitive advantage
- Conducts a gap analysis to identify what needs to change
- Sets SMART objectives, action items, and a communication plan with accountable resources
- Establishes how progress will be reviewed
Core requirement
- Select an organisation and identify a business case where digital disruption is an opportunity for transformation
- Develop a strategic plan to manage that transformation (goals, actions needed, and other critical elements)
Structure around three questions
- Where are we now?
- Where are we going?
- How will we get there?
Choose and justify a strategy model
- Select a suitable business strategy model for the case
- Justify why the chosen model(s) is the most applicable for developing the plan
Seven steps the plan must cover
- Identify the core mission (e.g. strategic position via SWOT analysis)
- Identify a sustainable competitive advantage and a future-based vision
- Implement a gap analysis
- Identify strategic objectives and priorities through SMART goals
- Set specific action items to implement the goals
- Build a communication plan and identify accountable resources
- Review the progress
Other conditions
- Word count: 2,500 words (+/- 10%). Excludes words in charts, templates, references, forms, and diagrams
- References in APA 7th edition format
- Checked for AI usage: no AI-generated or AI-paraphrased text allowed