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Strategy and Management Control, 6 ECTS credits.
/Strategisk ekonomistyrning: Modeller för en stärkt konkurrenskraft/
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 24
Rec. self-study hours: 136
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Industrial Engineering and Management
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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Aim:
The aim of the course is to give the students an opportunity to acquire a knowledge in the area of strategy and control. After the course is completed the student should:
- Have knowledge about basic concepts and models within the areas of strategy and management control.
- Understand how strategic congruens and a related control mix can contribute to an organizations competitive advantage.
- With a critical approach, be able to analyze a specific organization - with a particular focus on strategic congruens and control mix - and suggest how strategies and control systems should be designed and used.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
A good knowledge of business strategy and management control.
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
The first half of the course includes teaching where the literature is discussed. Thereafter a written exam will take place. During the entire course the students will work on a project assignment. It includes making an analysis of a large corporation�?Ts strategies and to make suggestions of an appropriate management control system to implement the strategies.
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Course contents:
Am important and classical problem is how to align strategies and control systems in order to improve performance. This problem will be discussed at length in this course.
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Course literature:
Jannesson, E., Nilsson, F. & Rapp, B. (red), 2014, Strategy, control and competitive advantage - Case study evidence, Springer: Berlin.
Articles.
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Case
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3 ECTS
3 ECTS
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The final grade will be given as a combination of the written examination and case. |
Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Johan Holtström
Examiner: Erik Jannesson
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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