Core Module Information
Module title: Strategic Management in a Global Context

SCQF level: 09:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10

Module code: SOE09401
Module leader: Zuberia Hosanoo
School The Business School
Subject area group: Management
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Description of module content:

Stages in the Strategic Management Process; The Mission of the organisation; Strategic Analysis - The Organisation and its Environment; Levels of External Environmental Analysis: the wider or macro environment, the industry or competitive environment, the organisation's competitive position; Internal Resource Analysis; Resource Audit, Value Chain and the Value System; Threshold and Core Competencies and SWOT Analysis; Strategy Formulation and Evaluation - Competitive/Generic Strategies, Directions and Methods of Growth; Strategic Implementation - Structure & Resource Allocation; Culture and Change; Approaches to Strategic Decision-making – The Planning & Emergent schools.

Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Discuss what is meant by strategic management and the different levels and approaches to strategic decision making.

LO2: Analyse the relationship between the organisation's environment, resource position and strategic choice and evaluate alternative strategies and directions/methods of development open to organisations.

LO3: Critically assess the implementation process and the difficulties encountered by organisations during strategy implementation.

LO4: Identify, analyse and formulate solutions to problems through application of a range of strategic management frameworks to current situations and published case studies.

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 1, Blended,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: Blended
Location of delivery: ONLINE
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Zuberia Hosanoo
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Independent Learning Tutorial 4 TUTORIAL
Online Guided independent study 196 Guided independent study
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Class Test 10 2~3 Week 2 HOURS= 5 Class Test
Report 90 1~2~3~4 Week 13 , WORDS= 4000 Report
Component 1 subtotal: 100
Component 2 subtotal: 0
Module subtotal: 100

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