4.0 Read 162 reviews
Overview
In this Strategic Business Management program at Harvard University, you will learn how to identify your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, resources, capabilities, and core competencies, and use strategic tools to evaluate competitive forces, industry attractiveness, and environmental threats and opportunities.
In addition, you will learn to sharpen your vision, critical thinking, and decision-making skills by analyzing various companies’ strategies, as well as assessing the strategy of the company you work for, including how your department can help the company strengthen its strategic position, and build a sustainable competitive advantage.
Program Benefits
- Perform external and internal analyses for companies and evaluate the dynamics of competition
- Build strategies using appropriate frameworks and tools
- Understand your own company’s strategy
- Align your role with your company’s strategic goals and objectives
- Develop recommendations to strengthen your company’s strategic position and competitive advantage
- Understand the basics of strategy implementation and control
- Earn a digital Certificate of Completion from the Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Programme Structure
Topics covered include:
- The process of crafting and executing a strategic plan
- Frameworks and tools to conduct external and internal analyses
- Evaluating the competitive conditions and industry attractiveness
- Assessing a company’s resources, capabilities, competencies, and competitive advantage
- Different types of business strategies
- Strategic moves companies make to strengthen their competitive position in the market (i.e., blue ocean and disruptive innovation strategies, amongst other strategies).
- Effective strategy implementation and the strategic change process
Audience
Business owners or employers from any industry who are interested in developing the skills needed to analyze and create strategy. There are no prerequisites, but a basic understanding of management and accounting principles is desired.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 14 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
-
More details
- online: December and March
- on-campus: June
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Cambridge, United States
Disciplines
Strategic Management View 91 other Short Courses in Strategic Management in United StatesWhat students do after studying Business & Management
This information is based on LinkedIn alumni data for graduates from 2018 to 2024 and may not fully represent all career outcomes
Total alumni
Join for free or log in to access our complete career info list.
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
This online program is designed for:
- Professionals and managers at all levels of the organization who have limited exposure to strategy
- Managers with some strategy experience who are looking to refresh their business strategy knowledge and skills
- Business owners and employers from any industry who are interested in developing the skills needed to analyze and execute strategies.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
-
International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents2950 USD / full≈ 2950 USD / full - Out-of-State2950 USD / full≈ 2950 USD / full
-
Domestic
Applies to youIn-State2950 USD / full≈ 2950 USD / full
Funding
Improve page content