GRA 6830 Economic and Organisational Foundations of Strategic Management
GRA 6830 Economic and Organisational Foundations of Strategic Management
This is a theoretical course giving insight into the theoretical approaches mostly applied in strategic management. Where applicable the course relates the theoretical perspectives covered to sustainability.
The course focuses on a broad representation of differing, and often conflicting, perspectives and theories related to strategy content and strategy context and extend the previous knowledge the students have on strategy and strategy analysis from their undergraduate program. The main objective is to develop critical reflections on strategy and strategy analysis among the students participating in the course.
By the end of this course a student should be able to
- Understand the underlying theories/perspectives that have shaped the development of the field of strategic management.
- Understand how those theories/perspectives contradict or complement one another,
- Appreciate the value as well as the limitations of various theories/perspectives.
- Understand how sustainability and digitization relates to the theoretical perspectives covered.
- Be able to compare and contrast contributions from the literature
- Present one or more articles by in a video.
- Discuss literature in seminar setting, and in a written discourse
- That the literature contains diverse, often conflicting, explanations of a phenomenon
- That methods and explanations are linked
- That strategy analysis tools reflect different theoretical perspectives
The course will introduce, analyze, and evaluate a variety of theories and their application within the strategic management field. These may include the following:
- Industrial Organization Theory and platform ecosystems for sustainability
- Strategic Groups theory
- Learning theory
- Resource Dependency theory
- Network Theory
- Resource Based View
- Activity Based View, including circular value creation
- Transaction Cost Economics
- Institutional Theory, including sustainable Ecological Systems
Theories and their implied strategies will be discussed.
-
The exam for this course has been changed starting academic year 2023/2024. The course now has two exam codes instead of one. It is not possible to retake the old version of the exam. Please note new exam codes in the Exam section of the course description.
It is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class.
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.
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
| Assessments |
|---|
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Invigilation Weight: 60 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 3 Hour(s) Comment: Written exam under supervision Exam code: GRA 68302 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Handin - all file types Weight: 40 Grouping: Group/Individual (1 - 4) Duration: 1 Semester(s) Comment: Portfolio submission. Video presentation (groups 1-4) + plus individual written discussions on videos and class material. Links to the written discussion will be provided by course responsible. Exam code: GRA 68303 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this 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.