• Identify and choose the relevant theories and models applicable to describe, order and analyze the problems identified during the analysis of a specific industry, the focal company, the strategic issues at stake and the implementation plan.
• Bridge and combine theories and frameworks from different disciplines to derive a comprehensive, coherent and well-articulated picture of the industry, company, choice of strategic issue and implementation plan.
• Use theories and frameworks to develop conclusions which are driven by data and insight and present in a convincing manner, ensuring that the conclusions from analysis are clearly communicated.
• Analyze all problems identified, and to argue why specific models have been applied.
• Present the overall conclusions in a coherent manner where individual parts build on each other
• Specifically for the term papers, theories refer to the curriculum of the relevant term, i.e. module 1 or module 2, whereas the final master thesis is suppose to draw upon the whole curriculum
• Presentations of the findings should be done in a clear and convincing manner

The first integrated term project is an analysis of the participant’s own organization/company departing from the courses taught in the first term. The analysis is supposed to bridge the perspectives in the courses, and will as such have the organization/company as the focal object of analysis. It is the application of models, theories and frameworks on the participant’s own practice that is the major purpose – and linked to this analysis, the expected outcome is an identification of a number of potential strategic issues.