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COMMITTED TO OUR PEOPLE…
SHAPING OUR FUTURE
20 August 2021 Volume 1 / Issue 1
STRATEGIC THEMES
VISION
A question people often ask is, ‘what is strategy?’; scholars have numerous
A digitally transformed answers to this question, however, for our purposes, we will define
enterprise providing strategy as (a) the determination of the direction and scope of the
organisation and (b) the usage of the combined organisational resources,
quality, relevant and
skills and competencies to achieve a successful future.
globally recognised
At CXC we are using the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) methodology to plan
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educational services.
and manage our strategy. The BSC encapsulates the initiatives (projects
MISSION that are or will be implemented to achieve the set objectives), the
measurements used to track success {key performance indicators (KPIs)},
We develop the human targets (the desired level of performance for each target) and the strategic
capital of our Caribbean objectives (the continuous improvement activities that should be
people through implemented to achieve success). Also included are the mission, values,
customer value proposition and vision.
partnerships for global
competitiveness. Flowing from the vision are the strategic themes; think of these as pillars
of excellence or areas that CXC has chosen to focus on. Strategic themes
break down the vision into more operational terms or actional activities
and focuses energy on desired results. Essentially, themes are the areas
that you and I will be focusing on, the areas in which we must excel if we
are to realise our vision.