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name: manage-business-strategy description: Business management frameworks for strategic analysis, decision making, goal setting, growth strategy, and organizational change. Use when analyzing business situations or making strategic decisions.

Business Management Frameworks

Strategic toolkit for business analysis, planning, and execution.

Quick Start

1. Identify need → What problem are you solving?
2. Select category → Use decision tree below
3. Apply framework → Follow step-by-step instructions
4. Document output → Structured insights

Framework Selection (Decision Tree)

CopyWhat do you need?
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├─ Analyze situation
│  ├─ Internal factors → SWOT (strengths/weaknesses)
│  ├─ External macro → PESTEL
│  ├─ Industry competition → Porter's 5 Forces
│  └─ Comprehensive → SWOT + PESTEL + Porter's
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├─ Make a decision
│  ├─ Compare 2-5 options → Decision Matrix
│  ├─ Multiple weighted criteria → Weighted Scoring
│  └─ vs baseline/current → Pugh Matrix
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├─ Set goals
│  ├─ Team/Company level → OKR
│  ├─ Individual/Project → SMART Goals
│  └─ Multi-perspective → Balanced Scorecard
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├─ Plan growth
│  ├─ Market/Product expansion → Ansoff Matrix
│  ├─ Portfolio prioritization → BCG Matrix
│  ├─ Create new market → Blue Ocean Strategy
│  └─ Innovation horizons → McKinsey 3 Horizons
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├─ Analyze competition
│  ├─ Current vs desired → Gap Analysis
│  ├─ Competitor positions → Strategic Group Mapping
│  └─ Customer-Company-Competitor → 3C Analysis
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├─ Change organization
│  ├─ Simple/Fast change → Lewin (3 stages)
│  ├─ Complex/Long-term → Kotter (8 steps)
│  └─ People-focused → ADKAR
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├─ Understand customers
│  ├─ Who they are → Customer Persona
│  ├─ Their experience → Customer Journey Map
│  ├─ Market targeting → STP (Segmentation-Targeting-Positioning)
│  └─ Marketing mix → 4Ps
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├─ Manage risk/stakeholders
│  ├─ Risk prioritization → Risk Matrix
│  └─ Stakeholder engagement → Power-Interest Grid
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├─ Design business model → Use `business-model` skill
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└─ Solve problems → Use `problem-solving` skill

Category Reference

SME Quick Picks

For small-medium enterprises, focus on these high-impact, low-complexity frameworks:

Output Formats

When applying frameworks, structure outputs as:

Copy## [Framework Name] Analysis

**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Context:** [Brief situation description]

### Findings
[Framework-specific structure]

### Key Insights
1. [Insight 1]
2. [Insight 2]
3. [Insight 3]

### Recommended Actions
- [ ] Action 1
- [ ] Action 2
- [ ] Action 3

### Next Steps
[What to do with this analysis]

Related Skills (Optional)

Note: These skills are optional. Manage-business-strategy works standalone for strategic analysis.