Strategic Management, acad. year 2024-2025, online studies
Open university
- Credits:
- 6 ECTS credits
- Location:
- -
- Continuous learning category:
- Business and international collaboration, Management and HR development
- Teaching format:
- Online teaching
- Price:
- 120 € (VAT 0%)
This course is part of the YUFE Skills of the Future Programme.
Learning outcomes
Student can
- describe the basic concepts, tools and foundations of strategic management
- apply appropriate strategic management concepts and tools to business cases
- define and apply the tools and techniques of strategic analysis
- identify and describe the challenges and opportunities of sustainable business for entrepreneurship and innovation
Learn generic competencies: Critical thinking, leadership and development
Online studies
Content
Strategy and strategic position. Competitive advantage. Analytical concepts and and tools to evaluate the strategic options. Development of strategies in organizations. Organizational structures, organizational processes and relationship management. Organization's position in the external environment, the determinants of strategic capability, the influence of, history and culture on strategy, sustainable business.
Study Materials
Whittington, R., P. Regnér, D. Angwin, G. Johnson & K. Scholes. 2020. Exploring strategy. 12th edition. Harlow, UK: Pearson Education. The 11th edition is also suitable.
Study methods
This course is an online course and, thus, you are expected to carry it out as an independent study. It takes about 162 hours of work to complete the course. Three online exams that you can complete on your own schedule. All information on modules and tests is available on eLearn Moodle. This is an online and automated course.
Teacher: Subhanjan Sengupta
Evaluation: Scale on grade 0 -5. Course credits are given once every month towards the end of the month.
Teaching Language: English
The course is at the Bachelor`s level. The course belongs to the Basic Studies, Management and Leadership (johtamisen perusopinnot) and the Intermediate studies, Management and Leadership (Johtamisen aineopinnot)
Individual study units cost 20 e / credit and the study module costs 15 e / credit. These prices hold for the academic year 2024–2025. The study fee is paid at registration.
By paying the study fee, the student receives a temporary right to study that entitles them to attend a particular course. The right to study is course-specific, and is required to complete the course as specified in the syllabus for the term, covering both teaching and course exams. If the course is continuously open for registration, the maximum time to complete the course is from 1 August to 31 July for that academic year.
Irrespective of time
Continuous registration 15.8.2024- 30.4.2025.
Three online exams that you can complete on your own schedule.
English