2023/2024
MA-MMBAO3001U Master's Project: Integrated Strategy
Project
| English Title |
| Master's Project: Integrated
Strategy Project |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
14 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Part Time Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Autumn, Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for Master of Business
Administration
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| Course
coordinator |
- Jesper Rangvid - Department of Finance (FI)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
30-06-2023
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| Learning objectives |
- Articulate a project scope that can facilitate and structure
the student's work on the Integrated Strategy Project.
- Select and apply models, concepts, and theories towards a given
case company based on the overall curriculum of the EMBA
progamme
- Present argumentation for the relevance of the selected models,
concepts, and theories.
- Analyse the external and internal context of the case company
in order to identify strategic issues for the case company.
- Recommend a specific strategic solution in order to resolve the
strategic issues and present a viable implementation plan.
- Ensure a logical coherence between problem statement, analysis,
and conclusion
- Argue for the significance of the choices made during the work
with the Integrated Strategy Project
- Present the findings and conclusions in a clear, coherent, and
convincing manner where individual parts build on each
other
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| Examination |
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Integrated
Strategy Project:
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| Exam
ECTS |
14 |
| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance, see also the rules about
examination forms in the programme regulations. |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 45 pages |
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The Final ISP is up to 5 pages executive summary
and four sub-reports of up to 10 pages each, a total of max 45
pages.
It is possible to write the ISP in a group of 2 students. In this
case the final product to be handed in should consist of 5 pages of
executive summary and 4 sub-reports of up to 20 pages each, a total
of max 85 pages. |
| Assignment type |
Master's project |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
60 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Two internal examiners and one external
examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer and Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
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Description of the exam
procedure
The summary should be written in English which is also the
language of the ISP itself.
The exam consists of 20 minutes' oral presentation, 30
minutes' oral defense and 10 minutes' grading. The exam is
structured to simulate a presentation to the board of
directors.
The final assessment is made by the internal examiner and the
external examiner as one combined grade based on an overall
assessment of the written report including the executive summary
and the oral presentation.
The assessment shall not only be based on academic exam
requirements, but also take into account the linguistic abilities
of the student, although with a major emphasis on the academic exam
requirements.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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Writing the Master Thesis marks the completion of the MBA, but
it also marks the participant’s ability to excel in utilizing the
theories, models, frameworks and tools that the participant has
encountered and worked with during the courses in the three
terms.
The process of the whole can be described as an intial bottom-up
process, followed by more by a top-down process.
The process starts out with the functional areas that lead up to
the strategic level analyses that in turn leading to
recommendations to be implemented in the functional areas.
The process builds on a sequence, where the different stages
build on the previous stage.The scope sets out the direction for
the four parts in the ISP process. These parts are then integrated
into the final Integrated Strategy Project.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| This is a project based on the participant’s own
organization supported by academic counselling available to the
students |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
Feedback from advisors during the process
Feedback is given to the student together with the grade when
written and oral exams have been evaluated. |
| Student workload |
| Sessions and counselling |
21 hours |
| Intermediate projects and feed-back + Final ISP and Exam |
364 hours |
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Last updated on
30-06-2023
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