The use of excel templates for students

With the help of the Excel student template, students can evaluate a company's strategic situation, give recommendations, and conduct a financial analysis to back up their findings. The Excel template enables one to create the following matrices: SWOT, grand strategy, IFE, EFE, BCG, QPSM, CPM, and SPACE. A business's strategic position is examined using a variety of models. The financial analysis is done through ratios, financial statement preparation, firm valuation, and financial projections. Students can practice using real-world strategic management planning software and spend less time evaluating different instances thanks to the template. The illustration case study PowerPoint should provide a thorough investigation of a subject or problem using slide shares. This method of presentation allows the student to follow and get a grasp of the problem and issues in the case, the possible strategic planning techniques to apply, and develop the solution. The live author videos are organized per chapter, and in this case, the strategic management text authors give a summary of what the chapter is all about. For instance, the author will give a summary of chapter 1(overview of strategic management) and provide guidelines to students on how they should approach the subject to gain understanding.

The live case analysis involves a group of students giving a fifteen minute of ten-minute case analysis presentation. In the analysis, they are required to apply strategic planning tools provided in the Excel template such as external and internal assessment to evaluate a real business problem and come up with solutions. Clarity is crucial and using quantifiable and actionable terms is highly encouraged. Chapter and case analysis provides updates to various chapter (3, 7, 8, and 10) where additional information is provided to increase the breadth and scope of the subject. The case analysis updates also provide supplementary information to the cases at the end of every chapter with the aim of helping student’s getter a better understanding of applying strategic management techniques.