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2016/2017  KAN-CSIEO2021U  Strategic Management and Innovation

English Title
Strategic Management and Innovation

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Quarter
Start time of the course Second Quarter, Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for MSc of Social Science
Course coordinator
  • Christina Lubinski - MPP
Main academic disciplines
  • Innovation
  • Strategy
Last updated on 12-08-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • Describe strategic management frameworks, apply them to cases and discuss their merits and limitations
  • Evaluate the problems and trade-offs of implementing strategy and devise strategic action plans to overcome them
  • Discuss firm positioning in the context of different markets, industries and locations
  • Explain innovation-relevant theories with attention to their assumptions, causal dynamics and processes
  • Discuss the ethical implications of management decisions
Examination
Strategic Management and Innovation:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Written sit-in exam
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Assignment type Multiple choice AND written assignment
Duration 4 hours
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Aids allowed to bring to the exam Closed book: no aids
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination instead.
Course content and structure

The course explores strategic management choices, rates on the role of innovation in shaping Competitive Advantages. The sessions explore actors' choices as they formulate, implement, test and adapt a strategy two compete in domestic and foreign markets. It introduces analytic frameworks and strategic tools to design and execute a coherent strategy, and structure an organization with the processes, systems, and best practices two support its success. Concepts like value creation, internationalization, diversification, clustering and envelopment will be Explored two sub stand how entrepreneurs manage innovation inside and outside of the boundaries of organisasjoner.

 

The course is structured in two modules. Module 1 introduces firm level strategies and walks students through the process of strategic management. They learn two analyze the external environment of organisasjoner, including Macroeconomic changes, industry and competitor analysis. They then analyze organisasjoner 'internal resources and sina role for strategic positioning. Module 2 focuses growth strategies, as diversification, internationalization, value innovation and envelopment. Each session combines theoretical readings with case discussions and encourages students two sub-able and Apply the abstract frameworks också discuss sina limitations.


Using case studies of botheration successful and failed strategies, students explore how executives were able to Recognize opportunities for innovation and translate them into strategies. The curriculum provides tools two formulate corporate action plan for sustainable competitive advantage and discusses sina Merits and limitations.
Teaching methods
Teaching methods include case study analysis, group discussions and lectures. Students are expected to prepare readings and cases prior to each session and actively participate in class.
Student workload
Course activities (including preparation) 132 hours
Exam (including exam preparation) 74 hours
Expected literature
  • Harvard Business School Publishing course pack
  • Hitt, MA, et al. (2015). Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization: Concepts and Cases. Mason, Ohio, South-Western Cengage Learning.
Last updated on 12-08-2016