strategic thinking

strategic thinking You are required to explore deeply a topic that develops your personal interest and engagement within the domain of strategic thinking and general management. •    Great thinkers in strategy, policy, general management, leadership, national or international leadership •    Teaching and learning strategy •    Advanced principles of strategy (or systems, or critical thinking) Getting started Here are some suggestions on topics, and questions to guide your initial investigation. Great generals •    Includes political, military, general managers, big business founders.  Plus those that contribute to social or cultural capital •    Napoleon (France), Mahatma Ghandi (India), Nelson Mandella (South Africa), Steve Jobs (US), Bill Gates (US), Martin Luther King (USA) •    Could include an event e.g. the handling of the subprime crisis in the USA or the BP spill and how they were handled from a strategic point of view and a critical analysis of their actions. Suggested components of a report in the genre of an essay for this topic: •    Introduction and overview: “Napoleon was a great, bad man” •    Body of the Report •    Where person born, grew up, key influences on their early life, the society in which they grew up •    What did the person achieve? Challenges overcome? Greatest moments? •    Who thinks the person was 'great'? Why? •    Who thinks the person was not 'great' (or even, evil)? Why? •    The lessons one can learn from the person's life (e.g. what to do? What not to do?) •    The lessons I have learned from this person? •    Optional extra: How would this person cope in today's world? (How would they adapt? Would anyone give them a job or a customer order? ...) •    Summary and conclusions. e.g. "Napoleon was a great, bad man"... based on your evaluation of the evidence you presented