Undergraduate Course: International Strategic Management in Practice (BUST10104)
Course Outline
| School |
Business School |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Business Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
On this course, you will learn how to develop strategies for firms or business units by actually doing it. In the first few weeks, some particular issues that are currently the focus of widespread concern by senior managers will be examined in some depth. Then the doing will begin, in tasks that will prepare you well for assessment centres, interviews, and future roles in management as well as for your dissertation. This first involves you presenting a seminar on a topic of particular strategic interest. Then, in a role-play, you will act as a consultant and present strategic recommendations to a case firm, which will develop skills that you will use again in the exam, where you will be asked to advise a CEO as to what he/she should do. The presentations are observed by a leading management consultancy firm who will give practical feedback as to the content and presentation style of your work. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Business Studies Honours entry.
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
Visiting students should have at least 3 Business Studies/Management courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
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| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-6; 8-11 | | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Wednesday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. Room S.1, 7 George Square [Psychology |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
Stationery Requirements |
Comments |
| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | 20 sides | Note: this is an open book exam in which the students are allowed the use of any materials brought i |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course participants should understand:
- how senior management needs to bear different organizational stakeholders and their wants in their strategy formation, the differences between shareholder value and stakeholder approaches, and related corporate governance issues
- the complex resource base of organizations, embracing tangible and intangible, tradable and unique, and how these influence both strategy and the way that it is developed
- the perennial challenge of designing organizational structure, which can be seen in very different ways, and which both depends on and itself drives corporate strategy
- the international and global contexts and options in strategy formation which can fundamentally change what firms do and how they do it; whether or not they are themselves international;
- the strategic options and practical choices that are faced in growing a firm by entering new markets
On completion of the course you will be able to:
- digest, interpret and summarise the latest conceptual ideas in international management, and present them for management action
- work constructively within a team to develop management options and plans for the development of a business
- persuade colleagues and managers of the value of your ideas, integrating conceptual ideas with practical problems
- and argue coherent recommendations in response to evident strategic problems faced by the CEO of a case firm
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Assessment Information
| Course Assignments 40% of the total marks (group work seminar presentation 20%; group work case presentation 20%) and final degree open book (case study) examination 60%. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Simon Harris
Tel: 07946 645069
Email: Simon.Harris@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Sarah Anderson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3825
Email: Sarah.h.Anderson@ed.ac.uk |
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