Business and Corporate Strategy

6 ECTS credits
157 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4016540ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Om een inschrijving te kunnen nemen voor 'Management en strategie' moet men ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor 'Inleiding tot Management, Marketing en HRM' indien dit opleidingsonderdeel deel uitmaakte van uw voortraject Bedrijfskunde.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Department

Business

Educational team

Elvira Haezendonck (course titular)
Fiona Maureen Courtens
Laura Molinari
Lynn Faut
Alain Verbeke

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
9 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
122 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

On basis of the handbook of R. Grant "Foundations of Strategy" and a number of core publications, several aspects of strategy, from the foundation to the implementation will be critically and thoroughly discussed. Particular attention will be drawn to research outlines such as bounded rationality and reliability, portfolio analysis for competitive strategy, analysis of competitive advantages and so on, that will be profoundly dealt with during theory classes as well as exercise sessions.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Slides - en andere documenten als oefeningen, gastcolleges en papers, Canvas
Handbook (Recommended) : Foundation of Strategy, Grant - Jordan, 2de, Wiley, 9781118914700, 2015

Additional info

Information on Canvas and in the handbook, should be complemented with information provided during the lectures. This will be the material for the exam.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

This course aims first to provide students with a critical perspective on several concepts of strategy by ways of research papers and recent research insights. The student should be able to understand and critically discuss these concepts and to apply them into business situations.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: The grade for this course is determined on a written, individual, closed book exam with open and/or multiple choice questions. There is no facultative oral exam.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context