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Stra­tegic Man­age­ment

About the course

Subjects
Strategy

Course content

The aim of the Strategic Management course is to provide you with both a strong theoretical understanding and a practical grasp of strategy development and execution. In this course, you will apply the theoretical insights to challenging case studies and in-class group exercises that serve to create a thorough foundation for dealing with strategic management.

The course intends to extend your knowledge to help you define and assess the quality of a firm’s competitive strategy. Nurturing a sound understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts inherent to strategic management should help you formulate, evaluate and implement strategies which help firms gain competitive advantage. The course emphasizes practical application of theory. This is sought through active utilization of theoretical frameworks to solve real world company issues.

See course description in course catalogue

What you will learn

At the end of the course, the participant should be able to:

  • - Discuss the logic of key models, frameworks and analytical approaches form the strategic development and strategy implementation domain.
  • - Identify a suitable case for the application of relevant models.
  • - Adapt and apply key models, framework, heuristics, tools, and analytical approaches to analyze the chosen case (your own organization or in the lack thereof, an assigned organization).
  • - Present argumentation using the key models, frameworks, heuristics, tools and analytical approaches from strategic development and strategy execution domain to support a strategy development process.
  • - Build a consistent conclusion from the analysis.

Facts

Level
Executive master
Type
Mandatory course
ECTS
3
Code
MMBAO1072U
Teaching periods
Autumn – semester
Spring – semester
Academic year
2024/2025
Status
Available places
Teaching language
English
Teaching Format
On campus
Exams
  • Written assignment
    Individual exam, winter
  • Written assignment
    Individual exam, spring
Assessment type
  • 7 point grading scale