{"id":448,"date":"2017-03-04T04:10:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T04:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pman103\/?page_id=448"},"modified":"2017-03-04T04:10:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T04:10:05","slug":"start-planning-and-strategy-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pman103\/learning-pathways\/putting-it-all-together\/start-planning-and-strategy-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Start &#8211; Planning and strategy challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pman103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Challenge summary<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100px\"><b>Summary<\/b>:<\/td>\n<td>Reflection on planning and strategy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"floatleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Time7.svg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Time7.svg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/8\/88\/Time7.svg\/30px-Time7.svg.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>1 &#8211; 2 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"floatleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Font2.svg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Font2.svg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/e\/e5\/Font2.svg\/30px-Font2.svg.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Linked to assessment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Digging deeper into the content and the importance of planning and strategy in management.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Start_here\">Start here<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"web resources\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pman103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Stimulus resources<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Lessons learned about using the <a href=\"\/pman103\/learning-pathways\/planning-and-strategy\/pestle-and-swot\" title=\"Planning and managing organisations\/PMAN103\/Planning and strategy\/PESTLE and SWOT\">PESTLE and S.W.O.T analysis<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> Take home message from the video by Martin Reeves on the importance of <a href=\"\/pman103\/learning-pathways\/planning-and-strategy\/videoquiz\" title=\"Planning and managing organisations\/PMAN103\/Planning and strategy\/VideoQuiz\">strategy<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> Knowledge acquired through your <a href=\"\/pman103\/learning-pathways\/planning-and-strategy\/required-reading\" title=\"Planning and managing organisations\/PMAN103\/Planning and strategy\/\/Reading\">required readings<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> The difference between planning and strategy, which was covered in the <a href=\"\/pman103\/learning-pathways\/planning-and-strategy\/further-reading\" title=\"Planning and managing organisations\/PMAN103\/Planning and strategy\/\/Further Reading\">Further Reading<\/a> section.\n<\/li>\n<li> The <b><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/saylordotorg.github.io\/text_principles-of-management-v1.1\/s15-01-case-in-point-bernard-ebbers-c.html\">case study<\/a><\/b> about WorldCom\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pman103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Purpose<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Now we&#8217;ll dig deeper into the differences between strategy and planning and how they apply to management. 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