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Ohmae's 3Cs Model

Bringing Together Different Aspects of Strategic Thinking

Ohmae's 3Cs Model - Bringing Together Different Aspects of Strategic Thinking

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Open up your company's strategy and see how things really work

How do you start to develop a strategy for your organization? Business leaders and analysts have spent years developing new (often very complex) strategic planning tools, and it can be a challenge to work out the best way forward.

Ohmae's 3Cs Model, however, is a tool that strips strategy down to its essentials. This article explains and explores the simple but powerful theory in more detail.

What Is the 3Cs Model?

The 3Cs Model was devised by strategy guru Dr. Kenichi Ohmae, who presented it in his landmark 1982 book, "The Mind of the Strategist: The Art of Japanese Business." [1]...

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