2023/2024
MA-MMBDO1020U Strategic Practicies and Execution
| English Title |
| Strategic Practicies and
Execution |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Part Time Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Min. participants |
10 |
| Max. participants |
30 |
| Study board |
Study Board for Master i
forretningsudvikling
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| Course
coordinator |
- Francesco Di Lorenzo - Department of Strategy and Innovation
(SI)
- Marcus Møller Larsen - Department of Strategy and Innovation
(SI)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
03-07-2023
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| Learning objectives |
- The student should be able to explain and utilize relevant
theories that explain strategic practices and implementation in a
company context.
- The student should be able to identify the relevant and
necessary data required in order to undertake a thorough analysis
of a given company's strategic practices and
implementation.
- The student should be able to present practical recommendations
in relation to a given company's strategic practices and
implementation.
- The student should be able to present an analysis of a
company's strategic practices and implementation in a
structured and coherent manner.
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| Course prerequisites |
| This course is targeted towards all wishing to
gain a greater understanding of strategy as a way of thinking and
acting, and anyone specifically wishing to specialize in the
execution and implementation of strategies. The course is aimed
directly at managers and middle managers working with the
composition and execution of strategies on different levels in an
organisation. The course is just as relevant for specialists and
key employees, who is either directly involved in the strategic
work or are involved in the translation of strategies to practice
through their function. |
| Examination |
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Strategic
Practicies and Execution:
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| Exam
ECTS |
5 |
| 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. 10 pages |
| Assignment type |
Synopsis |
| Release of assignment |
An assigned subject is released in
class |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Home assignment - written product |
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Size of written product: Max. 10
pages |
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Assignment type: Written
assignment |
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Release of assignment: An assigned
subject is released in class |
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Duration: Written product to be
submitted on specified date and time. |
Description of the exam
procedure
The exam has the form of a scenario exam. Participants will be
asked to posed a case based on an immidate strategic problem a
business is dealing with.
The students will be asked a sceires of questions whch should be
answred in a resume of max 2 pages witgh the addition of max 8 pg
of powerpoint slides.
The strategy shoudl be evident in the 2 page resume and further
elaborated on in the
slides.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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Strategy is key in the effort to secure survival and success of
organisations. It contributes to the formation and creation of
competitive advantage. However, strategy is also a term often
applied without sufficient precision to an entire organization,
and, subsequently, the execution of the strategic plan is not
always successful.
The aim of this course is to strengthen the participant’s
competencies in working with strategic practices based on a solid
theoretical foundation. The purpose of the course is to bridge
strategy and planning/analysis tools and combining these with the
daily strategic practices. This is done by looking at strategy as a
particular way of viewing and understanding organisations – and not
only as a set of tools and methods reserved for periods of
strategic planning, which often is not very well connected with the
everyday running of the business.
The outset is a thorough introduction to strategy and a walkthrough
of the most current trends addressing recent developments in the
field. Hereafter, the principles for strategic practice will be
taken under review, while the last stage of the session will
provide the participants with the opportunity to reflect, present
and discuss their own experiences with strategic practices and
execution. Throughout the course, the students will be exposed to a
long line of theories, tools and methods, as well as concrete cases
that illustrates the many facets and complexity connected to
working with strategy in practice.
We will also be examining how theories and tools can be implemented
in practice, how strategies should be translated from its written
form to how it is supposed to be implemented, as well as how it
should be undertaken across the different organisational sections.
Through this approach, we will attempt to address some possible
challenges connected to working with strategy in
practice.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| Lectures will be undertaken in way that combines
lectures, dialog-based lectures centered around practical cases and
theories, group based work and vistis from guest
speakers. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback will be given during lectures. |
| Student workload |
| Preparation |
105 hours |
| Lectures |
32 hours |
| Examination |
0,5 hours |
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Last updated on
03-07-2023
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