Strategic Management, acad. year 2025-2026
- Credits:
- 6 ECTS credits
- Location:
- -
- Continuous learning category:
- Business and international collaboration
- Teaching format:
- Online teaching, Blended 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 methods
This course is an online course and, thus, you are expected to carry it out as an independent study. Academic studies require self-direction, good study skills, and planning. It takes about 162 hours of work to complete the course. Note! Exam room examinations.
University of Eastern Finland uses EXAM for electronic exams. You can take an exam during the examination period (defined by the lecturer) when it suits you the best. You can take exams in Kuopio and Joensuu campuses.
You can also take your examination in another university’s EXAM room as an exam visit. Read the instructions carefully https://kamu.uef.fi/en/tools/electronic-exam-facilities/. Make sure to book your exam time and exam room well in advance. There is a limited number of available slots.
The examination periods
15.-30.9.2025
17.-28.11.2025
19.-30.1.2026
16.-31.3.2026
18.-29.5.2026
20.-31.7.2026
Study Materials
Whittington, R., P. Regnér, D. Angwin, G. Johnson & K. Scholes. 2023. Exploring strategy. 13th edition. Pearson Education.
Evaluation: Scale on grade 0 -5.
Teaching Language: English
The course is at the Bachelor`s level. The course belongs to the Basic Studies, Management and Leadership (johtamisen perusopinnot), the Intermediate Studies, Business Administration (kauppatieteiden aineopinnot) and the Intermediate studies, Management and Leadership (Johtamisen aineopinnot)
You will receive the right of study from the date of registration until the end of the academic year (July 2026). In practice, the completion takes place within the stated due dates of the course.
LOG IN to the Open University Business and Economics study community (elearn/Moodle), as directed by the starting instructions which you receive after your registration has been processed. In the Business and Economics study community, you can find general instructions for studying, links to course environments, and course keys.
Guidance services for Business studies
We are happy to guide you throughout your learning journey, even before registration when you are just starting to plan your studies. You can contact us via email or phone. For guidance in English, please contact Academic Affairs Coordinator Jasmin Sokkanen. You can also book an online appointment for guidance in English.
Join our English-language info on August 27th at 4 pm about open university studies and learn more!
Register for the information session here.*
*By registering for the info session, you will receive a reminder of the event and can ask questions in advance. Registration is not mandatory and you can also participate without registering in advance via the link above.
Individual study units cost 20 e / credit and the study module costs 15 e / credit. These prices hold for the academic year 2025–2026. 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.
Continuous registration 6.8.2025 - 21.6.2026
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