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27/11/2024Digitalization and Electronic Archiving Management
27/11/2024Strategic Partnerships and Alliance Management
£4,000.00
Overview:
Managing Partnerships and Strategic Alliances is a comprehensive program designed to equip participants with actionable insights to create, manage, and optimize partnerships and alliances. The course emphasizes real-world applicability, cross-cultural relevance, and modern tools, ensuring participants are ready to handle strategic collaborations in a globalized economy.
Program Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Analyze and select the right partners for strategic alliances.
- Evaluate risks and challenges in partnerships.
- Design collaboration networks with clear benefits and risks.
- Monitor and measure the success of partnerships and alliances.
- Develop conflict resolution and negotiation strategies.
- Apply tools and techniques to foster collaboration and manage partnerships effectively.
Target Audience:
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- Business executives and managers.
- Entrepreneurs seeking strategic growth through partnerships.
- Professionals transitioning into strategic roles.
- Cross-functional team leaders.
- Global business development professionals.
Program Outline:
Day 1: Selecting the Right Partners
- Introduction to partnerships and strategic alliances.
- Importance of partnerships in business.
- Criteria for partner selection (including cultural compatibility and vision alignment).
- Tools for evaluating potential partners.
- Practical exercise: SWOT analysis of a potential partner.
Day 2: Designing Collaboration Networks
- Types and dynamics of collaboration networks.
- Costs, benefits, and risk assessments.
- Lessons from successful and failed networks.
- Case study: Amazon’s collaboration network.
Day 3: Structuring Effective Ecosystems
- Understanding ecosystems vs. partnerships.
- Strategies for building adaptive ecosystems.
- Ecosystem metrics for measuring success.
- Workshop: Mapping participants’ ecosystems.
Day 4: Building Management Processes
- Change management in partnerships.
- Tools for tracking collaboration.
- Examples of management missteps and resolutions.
- Frameworks for fostering collaboration among partners.
Day 5: Negotiation Techniques and Strategies
- Negotiation strategies for win-win outcomes.
- Ethical considerations in strategic alliances.
- Managing relationships post-negotiation.
- Role-playing scenarios: Practical negotiation exercises.