Strategic Leadership & Management

We live in an era characterized by high levels of new technologies, volatility and rapid change. All these create uncertainties, which in turn pose tremendous challenges for strategic leaders and strategy making. Traditional approaches to strategy are beginning to falter because their previous success to forecast and plan accordingly, assumed a relatively stable and predictable world. Given this volatile and uncertain new world, leaders are finding that their companies’ relevance and sustainability now rests on their organizational capabilities to pivot and foster rapid adaptation. To remain relevant and succeed, companies must be agile and adaptable to new environments With this in mind, and your Company (a Mobile Network Operator in South Africa with Opcos in different countries in Africa and some subsidiaries in South Africa) in mind, write an 10 page assignment (1.5 spacing) on organizational capabilities Vodacom may need to develop, by answering the following questions; • In your opinion, when change is so rapid, how can one-year, worse three to five-year planning cycle stay relevant? • How can your Company Mobilize, Execute, and Transform with Agility? Lecture to consider • https://www.heidrick.com/-/media/Publications-andReports/Accelerating-performance.ashx • Reeves, M. & Deimler, M. (2011). Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage. Can be accessed from https://hbr.org/2011/07/adaptability-the-new-competitiveadvantage