3.10.3 Managing strategic implementation - AQA A Level Business

This set of resources includes 2x PPTs and 4x word documents consisting of exam practice and activities - this can be delivered over at least 4 lessons.

In the first double lesson, we start off by looking at an overview of developing and implementing strategy, including ways to implement strategy effective. We then look at the importance of leadership and communication in implementing strategy. Learners are then introduced to key concepts in organisational structures such as span of control and chain of command in engaging ways i.e chinese whispers to demonstrate the negatives of a long chain of command. We look at the pros and cons of tall, flat and matrix structures, then we move on onto centralised and decentralised structures. A short case study based on cartoon characters who have switched to decentralised - a few questions to contextualize the knowledge. Students acknowledge that orgnaisations can be strcutured in different ways such as by function, product or region.

In the second lesson, students have the opportunity to learn about the supermarket industry, in particular Morrisons struggle with the budget supermarkets which led to restructuring - a 16 mark question with structure guidance and a detailed model answer to help students with peer assessments, as well as making improvements to WWW and EBI. To spice it up a bit, a group matching task, where students have to create an organisational structure - answer sheet provided so teacher can look around whilst students work on it.

In the second double lesson, learners are introduced to critical path analysis, quite a tricky concept to understand at first for a lot of students - but not with this powerpoint. We start with an engaging starter to contextualise the topic, then we break down the elements of the critical path such as node, EST LFT, activities and durations so that we can see how it is built. Guidance is displayed step by step how to work out EST and LFT.

Students have opportunities to practice completing and calculating critical path analysis, including working out the EST and LFTs, float times and the critical path.

We then look at the advantages and disadvantages of CPA, followed by a concise case study on the usefulness of using CPA. Structure guidance and a concise model answer is given to help students improve their exam technique. A group task to construct a more challenging CPA and a kahoot quiz + box plenary to end with.

All you need - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder.

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