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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 13 – Introduction to Strategic Analysis
StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.
Episode 13 – Introduction to Strategic Analysis serves as a foundation for the upcoming series of podcasts focused on the best practices associated with strategic analysis. This discussion:
- defines what a strategic analysis is
- describes the components of this in-depth examination of the organization and its business environment
- identifies how strategic analysis helps an organization become more strategy driven
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