STRATEGIC VALUE INNOVATION & MANAGEMENT

Winning With Break-Out Strategy (BOS):

Moving Beyond Blue Ocean

 

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”—Sun Tzu

 

Is your company facing heightened competitive rivalry domestically and internationally? Are you feeling that it has become more difficult to achieve a profitable growth for your business?  Are you being pressured by your competitors to match their prices head-on in order to make some reasonable sales? Are you encountering great challenges in differentiating your products or services in the crowded market space you are in?

 

If you answered ‘yes’ to most of these questions, then your company is stuck in the bloody battle of competition!  Just like your competitors, you are trying to outperform each other to grab a greater share of the existing demand in the shrinking market.  And now, your survival is being threatened. So how do you move to get out of this bloody battle field and break out into the innovative green field of opportunistic growth?

 

The fact is: you do not need to be in this situation! You can breakout of this mess!

 

With commodisation and supply exceeding demand in most industries, competing for a share of contracting markets, while necessary, will not be sufficient to sustain high performance. You need to go beyond competing. To seize new profit and growth opportunities, you need to venture beyond the blue ocean of new market space. Above all, you need to create a well-conceived Break-Out Strategy (BOS) – a holistic and integrated model to ensure successful value innovation, translation of the strategy into actions and eventual implementation for sustained high growth.

 

This unique practical workshop, based on best practices coupled with years of on-the-job experiences, provides you with the hands-on “How” to break out of the bloody terrain of competition—the conventional business landscape. You will learn how to formulate and execute Break-Out Strategy in your real world situations by applying the creative tools and techniques which have been fully incorporated for ease of application to create your innovative green field and move beyond blue ocean.

 

Objectives

 

Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to:

  • Understand your competitive business environment
  • Understand similarities & differences between Break-Out Strategy & Blue Ocean Strategy
  • Learn the BOS Model and concepts of Break-Out Strategy broadly
  • See your business in a broader context in an attempt to create your Break-Out Strategy
  • Understand how to formulate Break-Out Strategy
  • Decribe how to translate Break-Out Strategy into actions
  • Explain how to plan and execute Break-Out Strategy in your real business world

 

Who Should Attend

 

  • Chief Executive Officers
  • C-level Officers
  • General Managers & Corporate Planners
  • Senior Managers
  • Managers

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Key Benefits of Workshop

 

  • You will have the opportunity to challenge your current strategic thinking given the concepts and practices of the Break-Out Strategy
  • You will be equipped with well-designed processes, tools and techniques on how to break out of the bloody battle of competition
  • You will have the “hands-on” experience in creating a Break-Out Strategy facilitated by experienced trainers

·         More importantly, you will be able to apply what you have learnt to the real world situation to achieve profitable growth, when planned and executed properly.

Workshop Outline

 

·         Introduction

o         The Red Ocean

o         The Break-Out Strategy

o         The BOS Model

 

·         Strategic Visioning

o         The “Big Picture” Thinking

o         Defining Your Business

o         Capturing Non-Customers

 

·         Strategic Value Innovation

o         Strategic Value Innovation Concept

o         Strategic Cost and Value Matrix

o         Strategic Value Map

o         Strategic Value Generation

 

·         Strategic Value Alignment

o         Generic Business Model

o         Business Model Alignment

 

·         Strategic Execution

o         Managing The Soft Side of Change

o         Managing The Hard Side of Change

 

Methodology

 

  • Facilitation
  • Interactive discussions and sharing of real-life issues
  • Reflection on experiences
  • In-class exercises
  • Video presentations
  • Case Studies (where applicable)
  • Level 1 Assessment

 

Workshop Facilitators

 

Main Trainers:

Dr Wilson Tay Chuan Hui, MMIM, MIM-CPT

DMgt(Dist) IMC Southern Cross University,

MBus Curtin University of Technology, BBus WAIT

FCPA, FCIS, FCIM, CA(Aust), CFP(USA), CIMCA(UK)

 

Dr Lai Chong Teng, MMIM, MIM-CPT

DBA, International Management Centre (IMC) UK

M Eng. (University of Mac Master, Canada),

BSc (Mech) (Strathclyde University, Scotland),

Diploma (Mech Eng) (Technical College, M’sia),

Associate Consultant (MIM)            

                                                             

Alternate Trainer:

Chan Leck, MMIM, MIM-CPT

MBA (General) University of Hull                

Diploma MCIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply), UK

Diploma MCILT (Chartered Institute of Logistic & Transport)

 


Administrative Details

 

Fees:

MIM Member: RM2,900

Non-Member: RM3,300

 

Duration:

3 days

 

Time:

9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

 

Venue:

MIM Management House, Kuala Lumpur

 

Dates:

·         3-5 March 2010

·         24-26 May 2010

·         18-20 August 2010

·         1-3 November 2010

 

PSMB Scheme:

·         SBL

 

CPD Hours:

·         24

 

 

 

 

SME Corp Malaysia Skills Upgrading Programme:

  • 80% training grant (for eligible SMEs)

(Early bird and group discounts are not applicable for those who apply for programmes under this training grant.)

 

 

Recommended follow-on programmes:

 

The Strategic Trilogy

·         Making Strategy Work - The Balanced Scorecard Way

·         Winning Organisational Change - Paving the Way for Your Future Business Growth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                                                                                                       

 

 

 

 

Formulating strategy, translating it into action with Balanced Scorecard and implementing change management to achieve and sustain the desired results.

 

 

What Our Participants Say:

It was a very relevant course for professional managers. It surely will sharpen some management insights and can be put into practice that can yield better results.

- Zahid Ibne Hai, Assistant General Manager, IDLC Finance Limited