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COURSE CATEGORY Single Subject Course MAIN FIELD OF STUDY Business administration - FÖA SUBJECT AREA |
COURSE CODE | 722A03 |
On completion of the course the students will be able to:
- reproduce central strategic concepts and ideas as well as the development of the field of strategic management
- illustrate and explain differences and similarities between major ways of strategic thinking
- compare and relate thoughts and elements from different schools of strategic thinking
- make use of models and concepts
- differentiate between and select appropriate theories and models for different situations
In addition to this the students will have gained experience of working in culturally/ethnically/nationally diverse teams.
The course contains both classic and contemporary thoughts on strategy. The classic views represent the canon of the field of strategy, i.e. models and concepts that students of strategy are expected to know. In the course this inevitable heritage of theories and models is complemented with more contemporary ideas on strategy which also serve as a vehicle for challenging some of the classic ideas. The course thus deals with aspects of competitive advantage spanning from companies' internal resources, through the marketplace, to the attention of the final consumer an his/her role in the value creating process.
In the course the following aspects will be dealt with:
- competition and competitive advantage
- industry analysis
- value creation
- innovation
- resource-based strategy analysis
- dynamic capabilities
- aesthetic and symbolic dimensions of strategy
Thesis, 15 ECTS-credits
Students are to choose, delimit and write on a thesis subject in pairs within the area of business administration. To provide support for the thesis there will be a series of seminars comprising a number of working seminars where students' theses are presented and discussed, as well as a number of seminars on science and method, which are integrated with the previous master's degree course.
The students write the thesis in pairs under the guidance of a supervisor. To support the process there are a series of working seminars where the students thesis are presented and discussed as well as a number of seminars on science and method.
Language of instructions: English
Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course two times are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.
Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.
The student must have completed Business Administration 1, 30 ECTS credits and Business Administration 2, 30 ECTS credits. The student must also have passed at least 22,5 ECTS credits of Business Administration 3, 30 ECTS credits. Further the requirements are that the student have completed at least 60 ECTS credits in other academic subjects. Documented knowledge of English equivalent to "Engelska B"; i.e. English as native language or an internationally recognized test, e.g. TOEFL (minimum scores: Paperbased 550 + TWE-score 4.0, computorbased 213 and internetbased 79), IELTS, academic (minimum score: Overall band 6.0 and no band under 5.0), or equivalent.
The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.
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