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What is Corporate-Level Strategy?
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What is Corporate-Level Strategy?

Introduction to Corporate Level Strategies

In this section, Erica Olsen introduces the concept of corporate-level strategies and clarifies the definition of strategy as a guiding approach in strategic planning.

Defining Strategy

  • Strategy is a guiding approach in strategic planning.
  • It is important to clarify the confusion around the term "strategy" to effectively build a strategic plan.
  • The focus is on answering the questions "Where we play and how will we win?" in corporate-level strategy.

Levels of Shift

  • The degree of shift in a planning process determines the intended change for an organization.
  • Planning processes aim to move an organization from its current state to a future state.
  • The degree of shift can be incremental, substantive, or transformational.

Organization-Wide Strategies

  • Organization-wide strategies are overarching and answer the question "How will we win?"
  • There are three generic strategies:
  • Lowest total cost: Competing on scale and delivering the lowest price or value.
  • Product service leadership: Competing on speed and being first to market with innovative products.
  • Customer intimacy: Winning through excellent customer service and developing strong relationships.

Growth Strategies

  • Growth strategies answer the question "Where we play?"
  • Four growth strategies:
  • Market penetration: Growing within current markets with existing products/services.
  • Market development: Entering new markets with existing products/services.
  • Product development: Developing new products/services for current markets.
  • Diversification: Entering new markets with new products/services.

Conclusion

Erica Olsen summarizes the three levels of strategy (shift, organization-wide, growth) that help answer the questions "Where we play? How will we win?" She emphasizes that clear answers to these questions indicate a truly strategic plan.

  • Clear answers to "Where we play? How will we win?" indicate a strategic plan.
  • The three levels of strategy provide guidance for building a comprehensive plan.
  • It is important to choose one organization-wide strategy and be competent in the other two.
  • Growth strategies determine where an organization focuses its efforts for expansion.

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Build your AI transformation Strategy in 30 Days 🚀 ➝ https://onstrategyhq.com/ai-contact-2/ What is corporate-level strategy, and why is it important? Strategy is a guided approach. It’s answering the questions, where will we play and how do we win? We need to know what markets we are competing in and how to differentiate. To answer these questions, we utilize three approaches: degree of shift, organization-wide strategies, and growth strategies. In the planning process, determining your degree of shift matters because you need to know where you want the organization to be in the future. What does the future direction of the company look like? Is it similar to where you are today, or will it be completely different? We measure this by deciding whether your changes need to be incremental, substantive, or transformational. Organization-wide strategies are overarching and answer the question, how will we win? The three ways we answer this question include: 1. Lowest total cost = scale (need to have the lowest price with decent quality and selection) 2. Product/service leadership = speed (need to be first to market and have superior quality) 3. Customer intimacy = scope (choosing a specific target market with specific needs to serve. Must maintain excellent customer relationships and exceptional service) To utilize this strategy, you’ll need to lead and compete on one of these and be good at the remaining two. Growth strategies answer the question, where will we play? The four growth strategies are market penetration, market development, product development, and diversification. Unlike organization-wide strategies, you can execute more than one growth strategy. Now that you understand what corporate-level strategy is, learn more on our website about how to help your organization succeed. More information is available at https://www.OnStrategyHQ.com Download the guide here - https://onstrategyhq.com/strategic-objectives-guide-download/