Business Strategy

Module description

What is the module about?

This module is designed to encourage you to think about strategic issues in a range of organisational settings. Grounded in the discipline of strategic management, the module draws on a variety of tools, techniques, frameworks and theories to develop insights into the challenges that contemporary organisations face.

At the end of this module, you will be able to

• Show a critical awareness of strategic management as a field of academic study and business practice.
• Systematically analyse strategic issues in organisations using a range of relevant ideas, theories and frameworks.
• Use a range of verbal, numerical and graphical data to interpret and communicate about strategic issues in organisations.
• Consolidate multiple perspectives and sources of analysis into coherent recommendations.
• Develop, structure and organise an argument using appropriate theory and evidence.

Who should do this module?

This module is available to students that are undertaking non-managerial undergraduate degrees. It is predominantly for students that have technical knowledge but who are interested in complementing their technical knowledge with strategic know-how. The strategic management field is a diverse area drawing on ideas from economics, psychology, and sociology to understand how firms achieve competitive advantage. While strategy is sometimes seen as the realm of senior managers, a sound understanding of business strategy is useful for people at all levels in organisations because it helps individual employees see where their work contributes to a wider organisational purpose.

Provisional Lecture Outline 

Lecture 1: Introducing Strategy & Module

Lecture 2: Macro & Industry Analysis

Lecture 3: Resources, Capabilities & Stakeholders

Lecture 4: Business Strategy

Lecture 5: Corporate Strategy

Lecture 6: Merges, Acquisitions, Alliances and International Strategy

Lecture 7: Evaluating & Processing

Lecture 8: Implementing Strategy

Lecture 9: Structure & Practice

Lecture 10: Revision

Assessment details

75% Oral Examination

25% Tutorial Assessment

Teaching pattern

Weekly Lecture

Weekly Tutorial

Suggested reading list

Readings will be provided on KEATS and via the library throughout the module.  

Module description disclaimer

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