APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016

GRA 8168 Strategy Analysis (2016/2017)

Responsible for the course
Lars Huemer

Department
Department of Strategy

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
3

Language of instruction
English

Introduction
The subject of strategy is evolving rapidly, due to globalization and increasingly rapid changes in the environment in virtually all industries. This course is designed to address strategy analysis and its role in dealing with such changes.

Learning outcome
Acquired knowledge:
The intent of the Strategy Analysis module is to give students an understanding of how to conduct both external and internal strategy analyses.
To understand the construction of external and internal tools/frameworks
To understand the links between these tools and their role in the overall strategy process.

Acquired skills:
To be able to use insights from strategy analysis (e.g. trough the SWOT framework) in generating, evaluating and choosing strategic alternatives.
To understand the different challenges and modes of value creation characterizing manufacturing firms and different kinds of service firms.

Reflection:
The role of strategy for firm performance
Approaches to Capability Development
To understand the dynamic and recursive nature of strategy analysis and process.

Attendance to all sessions in the course is compulsory. If you have to miss part(s) of the course you must ask in advance for leave of absence. More than 20% absence in a course will require retaking the entire course. It's the student's own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/ It's learning or other course materials

Coursework requirements

Examination
The course evaluation will be based on:
1. One complex case analysis to be written individuallly (to be handed in after the module), 45%
2. One complex case analysis to be presented in groups (during the module), 30%
3. Individual oral class contribution, 25%


Examination code(s)
GRA 81681 - Continuous assessment; accounts for 100% to pass the course GRA 8168, 3 ECTS credits

The course is a part of a full Executive Master of Business Administration Program and all evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the degree.

Examination support materials



Re-sit examination
Re-takes are only possible at the next time a course will be held. When course evaluation consists of class participation or continuous assessment, the whole course must be re-evaluated when a student wants to retake a exam. Retake examinations entail an extra examination fee.

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