AØKK08081U Seminar: Strategic management

Volume 2015/2016
Education

MSc of Economics
The seminar is primarily for students at the MSc of Economics

Content

The purpose is to train students in applying classical and new models, approaches, and perspectives in Strategic Management on industries and organizations in order to come up with suggestions for top managers concerning actions for the long term development of the organization. In order to construct a budget or to evaluate the economic value of a company or to make investment decision regarding a company it is normally necessary to understand the corporate strategy of the corporation.

Learning Outcome

Topics:

  • An analyses of the future development and the economic attractiveness of a specific industry

  • An analyses of an organizations resources, activities and competences, and a discussion of how to create competitive advantages and economic value for that organization

  • The development of a competitive strategy and/or a growth strategy for a specific firm

  • The development of a corporate strategy for a specific corporation

  • The development of an international strategy or a strategy for innovation for a specific company

  • Strategic evaluation of a specific strategy for a company

  • Implementation of a specific strategy for an organization

“Exploring Strategy - Text and Cases - Tenth Edition”, by Johnson, Whittington, Scholes, Angwin & Regnér published by Pearson Education 2014.

Knowledge from Micro Economics is mandatory and knowledge from an introduction course in Strategic Management would be beneficial but not necessary.
Planning meeting in the beginning of the semester, writing seminar paper during the semester and presentation at the end of the semester. The teacher gives more information at Absalon close to the start of the semester.

Schedule Autumn (could be changed):
Meeting of agreement: 3th of September 2015 16.15-18.00
First individual supervision for half an hour: 18th of September 2015, 9.00-16.00
Second individual supervision for half an hour: 9th of October 2015, 9.00-16.00

The course is primary taught in English. If there is enought enrolled to both an English and a Danish seminar a class in Danish will be offered.

Schedule Spring (could be changed):
Meeting of agreement: 8th of February 2015 13-15
First individual supervision for half an hour: 17 February 2016
Second individual supervision for half an hour: 2 & 3 March 2016
The student prepares a seminar paper of max. 12 pages and present it orally.
Additionally the students conduct a critic on another paper. In the beginning of the process, there are two half hour individual meeting with the instructor of the seminar for supervision.


The course is primary taught in English. If there is enought enrolled to both an English and a Danish seminar a class in Danish will be offered.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Project work
  • 186
  • Seminar
  • 20
  • Total
  • 206
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment
A written seminar paper.

Included in the seminar is an oral presentation for the others participans at the seminar of 40 minuts incl discussion.
Exam registration requirements

Attendance on the seminar. The mandatory commitment paper and seminar paper have been handed in at deadline.

Aid

Al aids for the written seminarpaper.

For the oral presentation the slices for the presentation. The teather can specifiy what els is allowed.

Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
up to 20 % censorship at the seminarpaper
Exam period

Autumn 2015:

Presentation and critics of seminars: Thursday and Friday afternoon in week 45, 46, 47, 48

Hand in of seminars: 20th October 2015 before noon

Spring 2016:

Deadline commitmentpaper: 1 March 2016

Deadline handing in final paper: 5 April before noon 2015
Presentation and critics of seminars: Thursday and Friday afternoon in week 16, 17, 18, 19 & 21

For enrolled students more information about examination, exam/re-sit, rules etc. is available at the student intranet for Examination (English) and student intranet for Examination (KA-Danish).

Re-exam

Submission of a written assignmetn and an oral exam in which you may be examined in the presentations of the other students participating in the seminar during the enrolment period in question.

Criteria for exam assesment

The student must in a satisfactory way demonstrate that he/she has mastered the learning outcome of the course.