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BUSI42315: STRATEGY AND ORGANISATION

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Type Open
Level 4
Credits 15
Availability Not available in 2024/2025
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Management and Marketing

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To deepen students' understanding of the strategic management of organisations
  • To build on prior material by adopting the point of view of the executive team and considering the entire firm as a single entity
  • To review and apply the theoretical principles of strategic analysis

Content

  • Organisational Design and Strategy;
  • Strategic Positions vs. Organisational Capabilities;
  • Capabilities for Exploitation and Exploration;
  • Leveraging Human Resources and Culture for Capabilities;
  • Organisational Culture in High-Tech Firms;
  • Position and Capabilities: Resource Partitioning Issues;
  • Position and Capabilities: Limits to Organisation, Identity and Status;
  • Position and Capabilities: Semi-Autonomous Subunits.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • By the end of this module, student should have:
  • developed an advanced understanding of the nature of strategic action, based on current theory and research;
  • developed a critical appreciation of the problems associated with change in organisations, in particular, interia and the unintended outcomes of change efforts.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • By the end of this module, student should have:
  • developed the advanced analytical and communication skills to critically analyse companies and industries with respect to their strategies and those of competitors.

Key Skills:

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • A combination of lectures, case studies and workshops is appropriate for conveying the specialist knowledge and advanced skills set out in the Learning Outcomes.
  • The summative assessment will test students' ability to apply the techniques they have learned to the analysis of a particular problem.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Lectures92 hours18 
Seminars41 hour4Yes
Preparation & Reading128 
Total150 

Summative Assessment

Component: AssignmentComponent Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Written Assignment2,500 words (maximum)100 

Formative Assessment

Feedback on seminar contributions

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