GRA 6831 Behavioural Foundations of Strategic Management
GRA 6831 Behavioural Foundations of Strategic Management
The course develops your understanding and perspectives of different behavioural strategy phenomena and how these can be managed within the organisation. Of central concern are the phenomena of strategic thinking, strategic decision making, strategic change and renewal, strategy process, and the micro foundations of strategy development.
Understand the key phenomena of strategic decision making and process.
(i) Compare and critique key strategy development theories
(ii) Improve skills in team work, case analysis and presentations
(i) Appreciate how processes of strategic decision making are influenced by political and economic factors
(ii) Appreciation of corporate responsibility as strategy.
The topics to be covered will include many of, but are not limited to, the following:
- Strategic thinking and sense making
- Strategic decision making
- Strategy development processes
- Strategy as practice
- Leadership
- Strategy implementation
- Strategic change
- The strategy-organisation link
Students are expected to participate actively and to be well prepared before attending class.
Please note that while attendance is not compulsory in all courses, it is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on It's learning or text book.
This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam components) and one final exam code. Each exam component is graded by using points on a scale from 0-100. The components will be weighted together according to the information in the course description in order to calculate the final letter grade for the examination code (course). Students who fail to participate in one/some/all exam elements will get a lower grade or may fail the course. You will find detailed information about the point system and the cut off points with reference to the letter grades when the course start.
At resit, all exam components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course.
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have specific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Invigilation Weight: 60 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 3 Hour(s) Comment: Written examination with supervision Exam code: GRA68311 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
Exam category: Activity Form of assessment: Class participation Weight: 40 Grouping: Individual Exam code: GRA68311 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.