GRA 8168 Strategy Analysis (2018/2019) - RESIT EXAMINATION
GRA 8168 Strategy Analysis (2018/2019) - RESIT EXAMINATION
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The role of strategy for firm performance
- Approaches to Capability Development
- To understand the dynamic and recursive nature of strategy analysis and process.
- The history of strategic management
- External analysis
- Internal analysis
- Combining external and internal analysis
- SWOT and the strategy process
1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours.
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 25% 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.
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%
This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam components) and one final exam code. Each exam component will be graded using points on a scale 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 course. Students who fail to participate in one/some/all exam components will get a lower grade or may fail the course. Candidates may be called in for an oral hearing as a verification/control of written assignments.
Specific information regarding the points system and the mapping scale beyond the information given in the course description will be provided in class. This information may be relevant for requirements for term papers or other hand-ins, and/or where class participation can be one of several elements of the overall evaluation.
The course is a part of a full Executive MBA programme and examination in all courses must be passed in order to obtain a certificate.
Granted admission to the EMBA programme. Please consult our student regulations.
| Assessments |
|---|
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 45 Grouping: Individual Duration: 1 Semester(s) Comment: One complex case analysis to be written individuallly (to be handed in after the module), counts 45% of the total grade. Exam code: GRA 81681 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: Presentation Weight: 30 Grouping: Group (3 - 8) Comment: One complex case analysis to be presented in groups (during the module), counts 30% of the total grade. Exam code: GRA 81681 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: 25 Grouping: Individual Comment: Individual oral class contribution, counts 25% of the total grade. Exam code: GRA 81681 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 3 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 80 hours.