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This 3-credit course offered by ies abroad shanghai introduces students to the fundamental tools and concepts of strategic management. The course is divided into three parts: foundational elements of strategy, strategic options, and change management. Students will engage in case studies, group work, and class discussions to tackle real-world business situations and develop strategic thinking skills. The course covers topics such as competitive analysis, organizational design, successful strategy implementation, business strategy, industry evolution, technology and innovation strategies, and change management.
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This course’s primary objective is to introduce you to the most important analytical tools and concepts used in Strategic Management.
The course is organized in three parts: the first part will cover the foundational elements of the strategic thinking; the second part will cover the strategic options and finally the third part will introduce and treat the Change Management theories and processes. In order to ensure relevance of the knowledge acquired, each analytical tool and concept will be introduced by referring to real‐world business situations and concrete cases.
The questions that we will tackle together throughout the semester are the following ones: How to craft a strategic thinking? What are the important tools to master for achieving a strategic analysis? What are the ‘appropriate’ strategic choices to make to develop and sustain superior value creation? How to ensure an efficient implementation of the strategic options for reaching expected business outcomes? How should organizations manage change?
CREDITS: 3 credits
CONTACT HOURS: 45 hours
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English
PREREQUISITES: None
METHOD OF PRESENTATION: The course includes various pedagogical tools: lectures, cases, business and academic articles, books, videos, and teamwork.
Participation: A significant amount of class time will involve a discussion of the assigned case studies and reading material. You are required to participate actively in these discussions and complete the preparatory work prior to each session with your group members. In order to successfully meet this requirement, the students should be prepared to devote sufficient time outside class for reading and critical thinking. Students will be required to actively access and interact with Moodle and the assigned readings. Students’ contributions should reflect their reading and thinking about the relevant topical issues. The style of the discussion will be informal and participative.
REQUIRED WORK AND FORM OF ASSESSMENT:
The midterm and final research papers will consist of case analyses. Both these assessments carry 30% weight in the overall course grade. The students will submit these papers with their respective group members and think through the underlying strategic issues involved in the case. You are expected to apply the various critical thinking and analytical tools covered in the course.
The final exam will be a 2‐hour closed‐book test and will be cumulative in nature. The exam will include 3‐4 short essay type questions that involve drawing on the various learning outcomes covered in the course.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the end of the course, students should be able to:
CONTENT:
Week Topic Content Prior Readings
Week 1 Part I The Foundational Elements of Strategy & Strategic Thinking
Strategy and Strategic management
Contemporary Strategy Analysis (Chapters 1 and 2) Michael E. Porter, What Is Strategy? Harvard Business Review, November 1996.
Weeks 2 & 3
Environmental and competitive dynamics
Contemporary Strategy Analysis (Chapters 3 and 4) Case Study: The US legal Marijuana Industry
Case Study: The Haier Group
Week 11
Corporate strategy, Diversification
Contemporary Strategy Analysis (Chapter 13)
Week 12
Managing the Multi‐business firm (^) Contemporary Strategy Analysis (Chapter 14)
Week 13
Internal growth vs. external growth
Contemporary Strategy Analysis (Chapters 15) Case Analysis BoA acquisition of ML
Week 14 Part III Change Management
Change Management, process & fundamentals
J. Kotter “leading change” HBR
Week 15 Change Management, process & fundamentals
Case Study: General Electric, The Jack Welsh time
The reference book of the course is R.M. Grant (2016). Contemporary Strategy Analysis, 9th Edition, Wiley
Students may also use Johnson, G., Whittington, R., Scholes, K., Angwin, D. and Regner, P. (2013). Exploring Strategy Text & Cases, 10th Edition, Prentice Hall. Financial Times.
RECOMMENDED READINGS: Additional readings will be posted on a weekly basis on Moodle and will consist of relevant topical articles from journals and newspapers. Students are expected to review this material weekly to prepare for class discussions.
Further, students have access to EBSCO, an online journal archive. Login credentials can be obtained through the IES Abroad Student Coordinator.
To access EBSCO host: http://search.ebscohost.com/ Training Tutorials: http://support.ebscohost.com/training/tutorials.php