Working in Strategy

[ronki23]

To work in a company's strategy department do you need to have previously worked in other departments? Because short term I want to be a marketing executive, medium term I want to be a marketing manager and then long term I want to work in the strategy department .

 

[Altfish]

To work in a company's strategy department do you need to have previously worked in other departments? Because short term I want to be a marketing executive, medium term I want to be a marketing manager and then long term I want to work in the strategy department .

Aren't strategy departments usually called Boards and are made up of Directors?

 

[ChristineM]

To work in a company's strategy department do you need to have previously worked in other departments? Because short term I want to be a marketing executive, medium term I want to be a marketing manager and then long term I want to work in the strategy department .

There is nothing like starting at the top with no experience, i guess most companies are built on that model

 

[ronki23]

Aren't strategy departments usually called Boards and are made up of Directors?

There is nothing like starting at the top with no experience, i guess most companies are built on that model

According to various textbooks, the marketing department in particular is made up of multiple roles:

Chief Marketing Officer
Director
VP
Manager
Executive
Assistant

and at both Universities I've been to strategy development / management was taught separately to other modules. So it can't be as simple as working your way up else they wouldn't teach you something so early on if you don't use it for ages

 

[ChristineM]

According to various textbooks, the marketing department in particular is made up of multiple roles:

Chief Marketing Officer
Director
VP
Manager
Executive
Assistant

and at both Universities I've been to strategy development / management was taught separately to other modules. So it can't be as simple as working your way up else they wouldn't teach you something so early on if you don't use it for ages

Im not arguing, just try it. I hear social security is not so good under the conservative government.

 

[ronki23]

Im not arguing, just try it. I hear social security is not so good under the conservative government.

I'm

 

[ChristineM]

I'm

Do you have think i care what a foul mouth fool thinks about my spelling errors.

 

[ronki23]

Do you have think i care what a foul mouth fool thinks about my spelling errors.

Do you think I care what a foul mouth fool thinks about my spelling errors ?

 

[ChristineM]

Do you think I care what a foul mouth fool thinks about my spelling errors ?

Read my lips

 

[ronki23]

Aren't strategy departments usually called Boards and are made up of Directors?

In 99 years we have had only 6 Labour Prime Ministers. They were destroyed when Margaret Thatcher came into power. Defeated by a woman!

Anybody who wants to rejoin the EU is a traitor to the Labour Party and working class

 

[ronki23]

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Read my lips

 

[ChristineM]

Ahh a Christian threat, how pathetic. I thought you were above that but then again, you have accused me of living of the proceeds of prostitution and i thought that was as low as you could get.

I would not normally block someone with a mental disability but welcome to my very selective ignore list, reserved for those who truly deserve it

 

[Altfish]

In 99 years we have had only 6 Labour Prime Ministers. They were destroyed when Margaret Thatcher came into power. Defeated by a woman!

Anybody who wants to rejoin the EU is a traitor to the Labour Party and working class

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[ChristineM]

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Must be a conservative put down. It does show a severe lack of comprehension don't you think?

 

[exchemist]

Aren't strategy departments usually called Boards and are made up of Directors?

Depends on the size of the company. Some big companies have a group of long term thinkers that work on planning scenarios and strategy options. Shell, where I worked, used to do that. But of course small and medium sized companies are not likely to have that luxury - nor is it probably needed. A sort of halfway house can be for the board to call in a business consultancy from time to time, or when things are looking tricky for the future. An outside view can be useful to overcome the danger of groupthink.

 

[Revoltingest]

There is nothing like starting at the top with no experience, i guess most companies are built on that model

That's actually untrue.
Companies prefer this model...
Peter principle - Wikipedia

 

[ChristineM]

That's actually untrue.
Companies prefer this model...
Peter principle - Wikipedia

True that many companies top jobs are filled with incompetents who have worked their way up while others hire incompetents for top jobs and cut out sll that training

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

To work in a company's strategy department do you need to have previously worked in other departments? Because short term I want to be a marketing executive, medium term I want to be a marketing manager and then long term I want to work in the strategy department .

I imagine that someone who is suited for overseeing corporate strategy should have enough research skill to figure out how to find answers to mission-critical questions rather than, say trying to figure them out by asking random people on the internet.