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Capabilities-driven Strategy

The Essential Advantage


A Business Growth Group Workshop

Overview
This workshop will raise your strategic awareness. Based on the Harvard Business Review publication The Essential Advantage the core themes of a capabilities-driven strategy are reviewed and contextualised in the South African business environment. Practical methods and tools are offered in creating a capabilities-driven strategy in your company.

Who should attend? Decision-makers: directors and managers who have accountability for strategic implementation as well as staff.

The programme Morning session presented by Dr Thabo Mosala Micro-economics analysis and the impact to the business Globalisation and country competitiveness Resource-based-view of strategy Capabilities driven strategy

Afternoon session presented by Tim Jaffray Capabilities-driven strategy and the human factor Unpacking a capability based profile Building the essential capacity Increasing the long-term prospects of success

Your facilitators Dr Thabo Mosala


CAIB , B Sc, B Sc (H), M Sc (Rhodes), MBL (Unisa), M Phil (Pretoria), PhD (Rushmore)

Thabo spent six years within Transnet in various business units as an IT Executive (Spoornet, Datavia, and SA Express Airways) with responsibilities both locally and throughout the rest of Africa. In 2001, he joined the financial services sector as a Director within Standard Bank. He spent three years as Deputy MD at Standard Bank Lesotho. Thabo is the founder of WrenJos Consulting offering management consulting and advisory services specializing in strategy formulation for business development and growth, business simulation, financial services, business process improvement, information technology, and research. He lectures in the areas of Finance, Strategy Management, Banking, Information Systems and Leadership. He is also the CEO of The Business Growth Group.

Tim Jaffray
BA (Hons), MA (Psychology), HDE (Rhodes), PDM (WBS)

Tim spent eleven years with the Standard Bank group in various human resource management roles and line functions. He spent a further six years consulting, including assignments in Government, Liberty Life, SA Rugby, ABSA, Nedbank, Bankseta, Fasset, and Standard Bank. He worked on a full-time basis for Murray & Roberts and the Adcorp group. He is a part-time lecturer in psychology and human resource management for Unisa and IMM and a Director at The Business Growth Group. He is responsible for specialist human resource management solutions, HR consulting and associated training and development. His areas of specialisation include management training, work design, performance management and selection methodologies based on work practice execution and risk reduction.

Your investment cost R1 500 (Excl VAT) per delegate, including a copy of the book

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