2024/2025
BA-BEBUO1005U Strategic Management
English Title |
Strategic
Management |
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Language |
English |
Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
Type |
Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
Level |
Bachelor |
Duration |
One Semester |
Start time of the course |
Spring |
Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc in European Business
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Course
coordinator |
- 100%
Grazia Santangelo - 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
07/06/2024
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Learning objectives |
The aim of the course is to provide students with
a strong theoretical foundation in the strategy field and to give
them the tools to make sound strategic decisions. After this
course, the student should be able to master the following learning
objectives:
- To identify, present and assess theories and frameworks in the
strategic management field, including those related to responsible
strategic management
- To identify and analyze opportunities and challenges relating
to firm strategy and decision-making
- To identify and analyze the strategic reactions of firms to
changes in the external and internal environment
- To select and apply the relevant terms, concepts, theories, and
perspectives to perform and present a strategic analysis of
real-life business cases
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Examination |
Strategic
Management:
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Exam
ECTS |
7.5 |
Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
Size of written product |
Max. 5 pages |
Assignment type |
Case based assignment |
Release of assignment |
The Assignment is released in Digital Exam (DE)
at exam start |
Duration |
24 hours to prepare |
Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
Exam period |
Summer |
Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
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Description of the exam
procedure
The exam consists of a case essay with assignment questions.
Students will receive the case and the assignment questions 24
hours before the submission
deadline.
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Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
The central theme of this course is the strategy of the firm.
The course introduces students to the basics of the field of
strategic management by providing an understanding of theories and
frameworks of the field and outlining how to apply them to
real-life business cases. Business cases are centered around, among
others, the European business environment.
The course will emphasize open discussions and use a mixture of
theory and case studies to engage students in the
classroom.
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Description of the teaching methods |
The course is organized as a combination of
theory-based pre-recorded and live lectures and live case-based
exercise sessions. The teaching philosophy of the course is to
discuss applications of theoretical approaches and perspectives
introduced in the lectures to real company cases, which include
also European firms. All students will be allocated to different
exercise groups that will go through the same case study exercise.
During the exercise sessions, groups of students will be asked to
give a presentation of their analysis of the assigned case to the
class. The exercise sessions are interactive and active
participation in these sessions is expected. It is, therefore,
essential that all students read the accompanying cases and
literature prior to the exercise class. |
Feedback during the teaching period |
Students will receive feedback 1) through online
quizzes and 2) during the exercise classes. None of these are
mandatory, but function as exam preparation. Attendance and active
participation will also secure continuous feedback. Faculty staff
teaching the course will be available during office hours for the
duration of the course.
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Student workload |
Lectures and teaching |
45 hours |
Preparation for classes and exam |
150 hours |
Examination |
4 hours |
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Expected literature |
- Grant, Robert M. (2022). Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Text
and Cases Edition, 11th Edition. John Wiley and Sons, UK.
- Sample of scientific articles - the list is not exhaustive:
- Ghemawat P. 2001. Distance Still Matters - The Hard Reality of
Global Expansion. Harvard Business Review 7 (8):
137–147
- Selected case studies (TBA)
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Last updated on
07/06/2024