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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Value Chain Architecture and Core Competencies

SMP801 · Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Potential — Week 4 of 16

CourseSMP801
Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Value Chain Architecture and Core Competencies

  1. Value chain and value network analysis
  2. Activity system mapping
  3. Core competence identification
  4. Causal ambiguity and sustained advantage
  5. Lec 06 - Value Chain Analysis, Core Competence and Outsourcing
  6. Leading Strategy Paper Series: Barney 1991 "Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage"
  7. Lecture 27: I/O Model, Resources, Capabilities, Core Competencies and Value Chain

What you will be able to do

  • 2.3 Evaluate their value chain and identify their core competence as a source of sustainable competitive advantage.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate their value chain and identify their core competence as a source of sustainable competitive advantage.

Study materials

Videos

  • Leading Strategy Paper Series: Barney 1991 "Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage" · YouTube · Glenn Parry · 13 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
  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.963 Advanced Strategy (Spring 2008) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Macro-Environmental Analysis
  • Week 2: Industry Structure and Competitive Dynamics
  • Week 3: Internal Strategic Architecture and Capabilities
  • Week 4: Value Chain Architecture and Core Competencies
  • Week 5: Multi-Level Strategy and Strategic Alignment
  • Week 6: Formulating Strategic Options
  • Week 7: Strategic Evaluation and Selection
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Globalisation and International Strategic Positioning
  • Week 10: Corporate Responsibility and Shared Value
  • Week 11: Strategic Leadership and Transformational Change
  • Week 12: Applying Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Pot…
  • 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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