Basic Strategic Analysis

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Duration

3 days 

Delivery mode

Online

Location

Canberra

Standard price

$2,457.00

Defence price

$2,457.00

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Overview

This three-day course addresses an approach to strategic analysis. The course will discuss a possible toolset used to conduct a practical structured approach to strategic analysis. It will cover the phases of understanding the complexity of a problem faced, visualising possible different futures, developing robust actions against possible futures, identifying a possible organisational structure to implement those actions and producing a workable action plan.

Course content

This three-day course addresses an approach to strategic analysis. The course will discuss a possible toolset used to conduct a practical structured approach to strategic analysis. It will cover the phases of understanding the complexity of a problem faced, visualising possible different futures, developing robust actions against possible futures, identifying a possible organisational structure to implement those actions and producing a workable action plan.

Learning outcomes

Skills/competencies/knowledge that would be gained through this course:

Who should attend

The course is valuable for anyone interested in basic strategic analysis.

Prerequisites

None


Facilitator

Prof. Charles S Newton

obtained his PhD in Nuclear Physics from the ANU in 1975. He is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Engineering and IT, UNSW Canberra. He was the Head of the former School of Computer Science (currently a part of School of Engineering and IT) from 1993 to 2003. He was the President of National Committee of the Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR) in 1995-96. He is the co-author of the book Optimization Modelling: A Practical Approach, Taylor & Francis /CRC Press, Boca Raton. Prof. Newton is well-known, both nationally and internationally, for his practice in Operations Research specifically for defence related problems.

Prof. Ruhul A Sarker 

Prof. Ruhul A Sarker obtained his Ph.D. in Operations Research from Dalhousie University (former TUNS), Halifax, Canada in 1992. He is currently a Professor in the School of Engineering and IT, co-ordinator of the Master of Decision Analytics program in the school, and the Director of Faculty Postgraduate Research at UNSW Canberra (located at ADFA), Australia. He was the Deputy Head of School (Research) from 2011 to 2014. Prof. Sarker’s broad teaching and research interests include decision analytics, computational intelligence, operations research, and applied optimization. He is the lead author of the book Optimization Modelling: A Practical Approach, Taylor & Francis /CRC Press, Boca Raton. Prof. Sarker has successfully obtained more than $1.5million external research grants. He was a member of the national executive committee of the Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR) and Editor-in-chief of ASOR Bulletin from 2000 to 2011. As recognition of Prof. Sarker’s contributions to ASOR and Operations Research, ASOR awarded him an ASOR Medal (2011) and Special Service Certificate (2009). Currently, he is an associate editor of three international journals.

 

Cancellation policy

Courses will be held subject to sufficient registrations. UNSW Canberra reserves the right to cancel a course up to five working days prior to commencement of the course. If a course is cancelled, you will have the opportunity to transfer your registration or be issued a full refund. If registrant cancels within 10 days of course commencement, a 50% registration fee will apply. UNSW Canberra is a registered ACT provider under ESOS Act 2000-CRICOS provider Code 00098G.