COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
BUS 426	B	2	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Mirjana Sejdini
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Emanuela Buci
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:	N/A
Course Description:	The major functions of top management, the major problems that affect the success in the total organization, and the decisions that determine the direction of the enterprise. Heavy emphasis on the ethical-social responsibility with implications in strategic decision making, including value chain analysis, and internal, external, and global considerations. Includes case studies, special reports, and seminar discussion of firm management problems
Course Objectives:	This course is designed to learn the fundamentals of how to manage organizations strategically. It aims at offering a comprehensive understanding of the issues and techniques of strategy. Strategic management of organizations is a complex undertaking which starts with the central question: why are some firms more profitable than others? The course will require students to examine this question by integrating knowledge from prior business courses, while simultaneously learning and applying new strategic management concepts, principles, frameworks and methodologies that are organised in three major components of strategic management: strategic position, strategic choices, and strategy in action.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Review Syllabus. Introduction to strategic management as a course
2	Introducting a strategy
3	The Environment
4	Strategic Capability
5	Strategic Purpose
6	Business-Level Strategy
7	Directions and Corporate-Level Strategy
8	International Strategy
9	Innovation and Entrepreneurship
10	Strategy Methods and Evaluation
11	Strategy Development Processes
12	Organising for Success
13	Resourcing and the practice of Strategy
14	Project Presentation

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes, and Richard Wittington. (2008). Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases, 8th Edition, Financial Times Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Limited, England
Other References:	Additional materials are provided in class by the Lecturer.
Laboratory Work:	N/A
Computer Usage:	N/A
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To understand the fundamentals of strategic management including strategic purpose, strategic choices, and strategy implementation
2	To learn the fundamentals of strategic management using the case method
3	To understand the fundamental principles of and relationships among business functions such as: finance, human resources, marketing, and operations
4	To understand the relationships of business to individuals, other organizations, government and society
5	To develop a business or corporate level strategy of an organization

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations (Old) Program
1	Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources
2	Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.
4	Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	35
Presentation	1	10
Project	1	35
Case Study	1	10
Attendance		10
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Mid-terms	1	16	16
Assignments
Final examination	1	10	10
Other	1	28	28
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6