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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Organisational Theories in Strategic Management

LSC501 · Principles and Concepts of Strategy — Week 4 of 16

CourseLSC501
Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Organisational Theories in Strategic Management

  1. Resource-Based View (RBV) and dynamic capabilities
  2. Institutional theory and isomorphic pressures
  3. Agency theory and corporate governance
  4. Contingency theory of strategic fit
  5. The Resource-Based View: Resources, Capabilities, and Competitive Advantage
  6. Corporate Governance and Agency Theory
  7. Assessing Strategic Fit | SCMT 4653

What you will be able to do

  • 2.3 Discuss key organisational theories which impact business strategy.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss key organisational theories which impact business strategy.

Study materials

Videos

  • The Resource-Based View: Resources, Capabilities, and Competitive Advantage · YouTube · Professor Kuban Explains · 14 min · for registered students
  • Corporate Governance and Agency Theory · YouTube · Galton College · 20 min · for registered students
  • Assessing Strategic Fit | SCMT 4653 · YouTube · Walton College Supply Chain Management · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 4: Managing Firm Resources · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 101–134 · for registered students
  • UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 · PDF · Frc, guidance; 19 pages · for registered students
  • Corporate Governance, ch. 2: Governance and Accountability · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 27–50 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations and Levels of Strategy
  • Week 2: Strategic Frameworks and Formulation
  • Week 3: The Strategic Management Process and Strategy Types
  • Week 4: Organisational Theories in Strategic Management
  • Week 5: Macro-Environmental Analysis Techniques
  • Week 6: Applying Macro-Environmental Analysis
  • Week 7: Micro-Environmental Analysis Techniques
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Applying Micro-Environmental Analysis
  • Week 10: Strategic Options and Market Growth
  • Week 11: Strategic Evaluation and Recommendation
  • Week 12: Applying Principles and Concepts of Strategy in practice: c…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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