STR 1301 Strategy I
STR 1301 Strategy I
This course gives an introduction to strategy theory, strategic analyses and strategic choices that aim to improve businesses’ ability to create and appropriate value.
During the course, the students will:
- Develop ability to use business models in analyses of businesses’ value creation.
- Develop ability to analyze the external environments of businesses and derive implications for positioning choices.
- Develop ability to analyze businesses’ resources and derive implications for strategic choices regarding resource acquisition and development.
- Develop ability to analyze businesses’ activity sets and derive implications for strategic choices regarding activity configuration.
- The students will also understand how sustainability concerns may influence strategic choices and approach to competition.
Upon course completion, the students should be able to:
- Explain businesses underlying business model and value creation logic.
- Assess the influence of strategic choices on businesses’ resource acquisition and resource development.
- Assess the influence of structural factors on businesses’ activities as well as mobility on the competitive arena.
- Assess how different strategic choices influence businesses’ ability to create and appropriate value
- Identify concerns for sustainability in businesses’ strategic choices and approach to competition.
The students should be able to critically reflect on the models, framework and theories. The ability to critically reflect will include concerns for sustainability and ethics.
- The adaptive cycle
- Value creation
- Business models
- Strategic analysis of businesses’ external environments
- Strategic analysis of businesses’ resources and activity set
- Methods for acquiring and organizing resources and activities
- Corporate strategy
- International strategy
- Strategic trade-offs and choices
The course consists of 45 hours of lecture, cases and exercises.
Re-sit examination
Students that have not gotten approved the coursework requirements, must re-take the exercises during the next scheduled course.
Students that have not passed the written examination or who wish to improve their grade may re-take the examination in connection with the next scheduled examination.
Higher Education Entrance Qualification
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
First and second year of the Bachelor's Programme in Business and Economics ("siviløkonomstudiet") or equivalent.
| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks given | Courseworks required | Comment coursework |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandatory | 3 | 2 | This course has 3 mandatory courseworks, of which 2 need to be approved to attend the exam: 1) Group assignment (1-3 students) 2) Group assignment (1-3 students) 3) Group assignment (1-3 students) Additional information at course start. |
| Assessments |
|---|
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 100 Grouping: Group (1 - 3) Duration: 72 Hour(s) Exam code: STR13011 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination every semester |
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
|---|---|---|
Teaching | 45 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 108 Hour(s) | |
Group work / Assignments | 47 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.
The exam can be solved individually or in groups up to 3 students.
Additional information at course start.