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IB591R: STRATEGY AND PRACTICE IN A DYNAMIC WORLD (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

In an ever-changing world, it is difficult for new or established businesses to remain sustainable. This course is going to explore some invaluable tools and techniques to help you develop strategies to give your business a competitive advantage. You will all come from very different backgrounds and have widely varying experiences. Irrespective of your own background or your career, you need to understand how to manage in an organisation where a collection of people pursue a common goal strategically. While you might be familiar with some strategic perspectives, this course will pursue the concepts in more depth as we view strategy as an iterative process through time. All forms of strategic thinking and decision making are influenced by a combination of internal and external factors and take place in dynamic contexts. This is the idea of dynamic strategy: to constantly learn and reinvent in response to an everchanging environment. By exploring strategy and practice in this way, this course will enable you to effectively operate in a rapidly developing, and increasingly varied modern business world.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Third Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • School Administrator Julie C Adamson

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

In an ever-changing world, it is difficult for new or established businesses to remain sustainable. This course is going to explore some invaluable tools and techniques to help you develop strategies to give your business a competitive advantage. You will all come from very different backgrounds and have widely varying experiences. Irrespective of your own background or your career, you need to understand how to manage in an organisation where a collection of people pursue a common goal strategically. While you might be familiar with some strategic perspectives, this course will pursue the concepts in more depth as we view strategy as an iterative process through time. All forms of strategic thinking and decision making are influenced by a combination of internal and external factors and take place in dynamic contexts. This is the idea of dynamic strategy: to constantly learn and reinvent in response to an everchanging environment. By exploring strategy and practice in this way, this course will enable you to effectively operate in a rapidly developing, and increasingly varied modern business world.

This course aims to:

  • Introduce core areas of strategy and the dynamic and competitive environment, giving attention to the application of key concepts and tools.
  • Cover strategic analysis of the external environment and the internal resources and capabilities of a firm.
  • Explore aspects such as the nature of strategic decision making and strategic dynamics in different contexts

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
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Reflective Essay.

Word Count 1000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the complexity of the roles of culture and leadership in strategic management.
ProceduralEvaluateDemonstrate a critical understanding of different approaches to the dynamics of strategy.
ProceduralEvaluateDemonstrate a critical understanding of processes of organisational and strategic change.

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 70
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyEffectively utilise a range of analytical techniques to identify possible strategic options.
ProceduralApplyConduct a comprehensive and relevant strategic analysis.
ProceduralCreateFormulate a viable organisational strategy through a critical strategic management process.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralApplyConduct a comprehensive and relevant strategic analysis.
ConceptualApplyEffectively utilise a range of analytical techniques to identify possible strategic options.
ProceduralCreateFormulate a viable organisational strategy through a critical strategic management process.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the complexity of the roles of culture and leadership in strategic management.
ProceduralEvaluateDemonstrate a critical understanding of different approaches to the dynamics of strategy.
ProceduralEvaluateDemonstrate a critical understanding of processes of organisational and strategic change.

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