Strategies for effective school management Srinivasan R

A good strategy should …  Connect to purpose  Provide focus  Guide choices  Illuminate relationships  Define measurement parameters  Address the external environment  Allow for adaptation Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals Source: Childress, S (2004). Note on strategy in public education, Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University, PEL-011, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School

Evolving a strategy Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals Vision/ Mission Objectives External Analysis Internal Analysis Strategic Choice Strategy Implementation Competitive Advantage

Articulating the core purpose …  Defining what the firm is, why does the firm exists …  A larger purpose, with clarity, and shared through the organization Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals Vision/ Mission Objectives External Analysis Internal Analysis Strategic Choice Strategy Implementation Competitive Advantage

Appreciating the context …  Understanding the social, institutional, regulatory, competitive, and the economic context  Appreciate the role of technology and its impact on your business Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals Vision/ Mission Objectives External Analysis Internal Analysis Strategic Choice Strategy Implementation Competitive Advantage

Analyze your competencies …  Know your skills, capabilities, and competencies  Analyze how you add value Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals Vision/ Mission Objectives External Analysis Internal Analysis Strategic Choice Strategy Implementation Competitive Advantage

Choose your way …  Decide what your scope is  Define your sources of advantage  Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, Non-substitutable  Holdup, Slack Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals Vision/ Mission Objectives External Analysis Internal Analysis Strategic Choice Strategy Implementation Competitive Advantage

Three dimensions of strategy Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals Frery, F (2006). The fundamental dimensions of strategy, MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol.48, No.1

Executing the strategy …  Alignment of firm’s actions to leverage its sources of competitive advantage  Operational alignment of strategy, structure, systems, culture, and leadership Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals Vision/ Mission Objectives External Analysis Internal Analysis Strategic Choice Strategy Implementation Competitive Advantage

Strategic sweetspot … Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals Collis, DJ., and Rukstad, MG. (2008). Can you say what your strategy is? Harvard Business Review, Apr 2008

Leadership … Envision EnergizeEnable Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Strategic Leadership for CBSE Principals

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