Applying Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Potential in practice: case studies

This week’s topics

Applying Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Potential in practice: case studies

1. Case analysis
2. Linking theory to practice
3. Evaluating evidence
4. Stanford Seminar - Applying Theory to Practice (and Practice to Theory)
5. Robert Chia on Complexity, Process Metaphysics and the Practice of Strategic Wayfinding – Talk & Q&A
6. The Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies by Tima Bansal - Lecture 3

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Critically evaluate the external business environment of an organisation.
• 2.1 Critically analyse the resources and capabilities of an organisation .
• 2.3 Evaluate their value chain and identify their core competence as a source of sustainable competitive advantage.
• 3.1 Critically explore the relationship between, corporate, business and operational strategies.
• 3.3 Evaluate strategic options for an organisation.
• 4.1 Critically evaluate internationalisation drivers and strategies.
• 4.2 Critically analyse corporate social responsibility strategies emphasizing the stakeholder theory.
• 5.2 Evaluate how organisational context affects strategic change.
• 5.3 Evaluate how leadership influences strategic change.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

• Stanford Seminar - Applying Theory to Practice (and Practice to Theory) · YouTube · Stanford Online · 59 min · for registered students
• Robert Chia on Complexity, Process Metaphysics and the Practice of Strategic Wayfinding – Talk & Q&A · YouTube · Cranfield School of Management · 75 min · for registered students
• The Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies by Tima Bansal - Lecture 3 · YouTube · Saïd Business School, University of Oxford · 64 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
• Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 8.5: Writing an analytical report · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 254–267 · for registered students
• Principles of Management, ch. 8.2: Using SWOT for strategic analysis · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 221–222 · for registered students