? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : MSE-P-P00321

Strategy explores the approaches to taking strategic decisions by the company. These are decisions which will affect the future direction of the company, and so span the concerns of all departments within it.

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Costs : None

Home subject area

Business Studies, (Management School and Economics, Schedule H)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 9 weeks

- Knowledge of strategic planning techniques, and tools for strategic analysis including templates.
- An understanding of the application of these techniques in business contexts.
- An appreciation of the main drivers of strategic change in an organisation.
- Knowledge of approaches to the implementation of strategic change processes.
- At the corporate level they will have particular knowledge of diversification, acquisitions, and the management of a group handling a variety of business units.
- They will be familiar with many examples of successful and less successful strategies.
- They will have extensive knowledge of industry cases, and major types of strategic decisions.

1 case based project: 30%
1 2 hour examination: 70%

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Freda Paterson
Tel : (0131 6)50 8065
Email : f.paterson@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Simon Harris
Tel : 07946 645069
Email : Simon.Harris@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.man.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/