Strategic Management (Pt MBA) (P00321)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SBE-P-P00321

Strategic Management is concerned with what a business is trying to achieve and how it will try to do so. The questions we ask in strategy often appear simple, but the answers can be very complex. Similarly, the concepts that we use often appear very straightforward, but they are, in practice, difficult to apply. This course integrates other knowledge from your previous learning and experience to identify and address the strategic concerns of firms. There is rarely a right answer, but there are often many unconvincing and unpersuasive ones. As someone who will be engaging in persuading others about what the strategy of an organization should be, you will need to have a view, and an argument that will persuade others. By the end of this course, you should be better able to engage in such an argument.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Business Studies, (School of Business and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 9 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	18:30	20:20	Central

? Additional Class Information : Class times 1815-2100 8 weeks beginning Tues 14 October until Tues 2 December.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will gain knowledge and understanding of:
• the complexity of strategic management in firms.
• the traditional approaches of strategic analysis.
• the tools of strategy analysis and their limitations.
• strategy alternatives for firms.
• different perspectives for managing strategically
• the current issues being faced by managers in developing internationally