Designing Growth Strategies

Duration: 1hr 21m | Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x720 30fps | Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, 2 ch | 539 MB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English

Companies need to grow to attract and retain top talent, sustain competitive advantage, and create shareholder value. Drawing on his years of experience serving on the boards of several high-growth technology ventures as well companies like GE, IBM, and Walmart, University of Maryland Professor Anil Gupta addresses why businesses need to grow to survive and explains why profitable growth is hard. Using a number of examples and mini-case studies, he outlines a framework for identifying high-potential growth opportunities, for assessing and choosing among them, and for implementing the chosen growth strategy. He also discusses the organizational and leadership requirements for creating a high-growth company.

Topics include:

• The growth imperative
• Identifying opportunities for growth
• Assessing and choosing among the growth options
• Implementing the chosen growth strategy
• Organizing and leading for growth