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Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Potential

SMP801

Course CodeSMP801
ECTS

Course Description

The aim of this unit is to develop learners' understanding of strategic management in a globalised world and how leadership informs and influences strategic change. It will also develop ability to evaluate strategic position, choices and actions.

Course Objectives

The aim of this unit is to develop learners' understanding of strategic management in a globalised world and how leadership informs and influences strategic change. It will also develop ability to evaluate strategic position, choices and actions.

Key Topics

  1. LO1: Be able to analyse key external influences on an organisation's strategy.
  2. LO2: Be able to evaluate the dynamic capabilities and core competences of an organisation.
  3. LO3: Be able to appraise strategic options and to evaluate approaches to strategy implementation.
  4. LO4: Be able to evaluate international strategy and how it relates to corporate social responsibility (CSR).
  5. LO5: Be able to analyse how leadership impacts upon strategic decision making.

Course Outline

WeekTopics
1Macro-Environmental Analysis
2Industry Structure and Competitive Dynamics
3Internal Strategic Architecture and Capabilities
4Value Chain Architecture and Core Competencies
5Multi-Level Strategy and Strategic Alignment
6Formulating Strategic Options
7Strategic Evaluation and Selection
MidtermMidterm evaluation
9Globalisation and International Strategic Positioning
10Corporate Responsibility and Shared Value
11Strategic Leadership and Transformational Change
12Applying Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Potential in practice: case studies
13Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
14Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
15Review and coursework completion
FinalFinal assessment and submission

Learning Outcomes

  1. LO1 Be able to analyse key external influences on an organisation's strategy.
  2. 1.1 Critically evaluate the external business environment of an organisation.
  3. 1.2 Identify key drivers and industry critical success factors.
  4. LO2 Be able to evaluate the dynamic capabilities and core competences of an organisation.
  5. 2.1 Critically analyse the resources and capabilities of an organisation .
  6. 2.2 Distinguish between their threshold and distinctive resources and capabilities.
  7. 2.3 Evaluate their value chain and identify their core competence as a source of sustainable competitive advantage.
  8. LO3 Be able to appraise strategic options and to evaluate approaches to strategy implementation.
  9. 3.1 Critically explore the relationship between, corporate, business and operational strategies.
  10. 3.2 Apply strategic models and tools to develop strategic options for an organisation.
  11. 3.3 Evaluate strategic options for an organisation.
  12. LO4 Be able to evaluate international strategy and how it relates to corporate social responsibility (CSR).
  13. 4.1 Critically evaluate internationalisation drivers and strategies.
  14. 4.2 Critically analyse corporate social responsibility strategies emphasizing the stakeholder theory.
  15. 4.3 Demonstrate the nexus between strategy and corporate social responsibility/sustainability and evaluate the concept of shared value.
  16. LO5 Be able to analyse how leadership impacts upon strategic decision making.
  17. 5.1 Identify and assess different leadership styles as related to strategy change.
  18. 5.2 Evaluate how organisational context affects strategic change.
  19. 5.3 Evaluate how leadership influences strategic change.
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