Advanced Strategic Management

Code:

2GE21

Acronym:

ASM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S (of 10-02-2014 to 06-06-2014)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIM	22	Bologna Official Syllabus	1	-	4	28	108

Teaching language

English

Objectives

This module is built around various themes related with the main strategic challenges faced by today’s organizations. The course aims to deepen and develop the knowledge and skills acquired by students in the Strategic Management course.

Learning outcomes and competences

The objective is to provide students with competences and conceptual tools for strategic analysis and decision. Students that successfully complete the course should be able to understand current strategic challenges and to plan and define strategic actions in order to meet those challenges in an integrated manner.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction

2. The Strategic Position

3. Strategic Choices

4. Strategy in Action

5. Conclusions

Mandatory literature

Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes; Exploring Strategy, Prentice Hall, 2011. ISBN: 0-273-73702-3

Complementary Bibliography

Grant, R. M; Contemporary Strategic Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2010
Hitt, M. A., Ireland, R. D., Hoskisson, D. E.; Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases: Competitiveness and Globalization, South-Wester , 2012
FitzRoy, P., Hulbert, J., Ghobadian, A.; Strategic management: The Challenge of Creating Value, 2nd edition, Routledge, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

Combination of expositive and practical methods. Theoretical presentations, followed by examples and case analyses. Besides the analysis and discussion of cases, students are expected to develop a group work related to one or more of the course’s topics, thus applying the acquired conceptual tools.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Re-sit: final exam.