關於此課程：The purpose of this course is to present, analyze and discuss the different facets of business strategy formulation. Emphasizing that strategy can be seen as a unified theme that provides coherence and direction to the actions and decisions of a firm, we will cover a variety of business strategy topics concerned with firm positioning in the context of different markets, industries and locations. At the end of the course, you will be able to: - Identify why a strong strategy is essential for the future business success - Formulate a business strategy that suits the needs and visions of your organization - Explain why managers too often formulate sub-optimal strategies - Extrapolate measures to optimize current business strategies Workload: 2-4 hours per week.
製作方： Copenhagen Business School
教學方： Marcus Møller Larsen, Assistant Professor, Strategic Management and Globalization
Department of Strategic Management and Globalization
| 基本信息 | 課程 2（共 4 門，Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization ） |
| 語言 | English, 字幕：Romanian |
| 如何通過 | 通過所有計分作業以完成課程。 |
| 用戶評分 |
授課大綱
第 1 週
Introducing strategy formulation
In the first module of this course, we will examine and discuss the foundations of strategy formulation, emphasizing key concepts such as competitive advantage, value creation, planned vs emerging strategy, and strategic fit.
3 個視頻, 2 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Discussion forum
- 視頻: Defining business strategy
- 視頻: Competitive advantage
- 阅读: Strategy plans
已評分: Strategy formulation
第 2 週
Industry analysis
Building on the insights generated in the first session, in the second module we explore different industrial organization frameworks and discuss the importance of industry effects on firm performance. Keywords of this module include competition, industry attractiveness, and the ‘Five forces’-framework.
7 個視頻, 7 個閱讀材料, 3 個練習測驗
- 阅读: Vestas Wind Turbines
- 练习测验: Attractiveness of the industry
- 視頻: Business environment
- 阅读: Aviation trends
- 练习测验: Aviation trends
- 視頻: Competition from substitutes
- 阅读: The cost of energy
- 視頻: Threat of entry
- 阅读: The case of Suzlon
- 視頻: Rivalry between established competitors
- 阅读: The threat from China?
- 視頻: Bargaining power of buyers
- 阅读: The vulnerability of the wind turbine industry
- 視頻: Bargaining power of suppliers
- 阅读: The supplier's fault?
- 练习测验: Industry attractiveness
已評分: Industry analysis
第 3 週
Resources and capabilities
The purpose of this session is to understand the role of firm resources and capabilities in building and formulating a strong strategy. In particular, we will discuss concepts such as the value chain, core capabilities, heterogeneous resources, and the VRIO framework.
5 個視頻, 6 個閱讀材料, 4 個練習測驗
- 阅读: ECCO's leather tanneries
- 练习测验: ECCO's leather production
- 視頻: The relationship between resources and competitive advantage
- 阅读: The resource based view
- 視頻: Firm resources
- 阅读: Microsoft buying skype
- 练习测验: Microsoft and Skype
- 阅读: What would FC Barcelona be without Messi?
- 练习测验: Lionel Messi
- 視頻: Organizational capabilities
- 阅读: How firms view organizational capabilities?
- 視頻: Sustaining competitive advantage through resources and capabilities
- 阅读: VRIO framework
- 练习测验: Time for reflection
已評分: Resources and capabilities
第 4 週
Global strategies and the multinational corporation
The opportunities and challenges of operating internationally are substantially different to the domestic context. Thus, to understand strategy in a global context, we focus on the multinational corporation and discuss strategic terms like foreign entry mode, location strategies, global integration/local adaptation, and distance.
4 個視頻, 4 個閱讀材料, 3 個練習測驗
- 阅读: Reflections of a CEO
- 练习测验: Doing business in China
- 視頻: Defining the multinational enterprise
- 阅读: Definitional problems?
- 視頻: Motives for internationalization
- 阅读: East India Company and Google
- 练习测验: East India Company and Google
- 視頻: Integration-responsiveness approach to global strategies
- 阅读: The balance act between local and global forces
- 练习测验: The case of the global beer industry
已評分: Global strategies and the multinational corporation
第 5 週
Strategic decision making
In this module, we will investigate the processes of strategic decision making and explore how this matters for firm performance. We will discuss topics such as ‘bounded rationality’, management politics, and hidden costs.
5 個視頻, 6 個閱讀材料, 3 個練習測驗
- 阅读: LEGO production
- 练习测验: LEGO
- 視頻: Homo economicus and bounded rationality
- 阅读: Bad business decisions
- 視頻: Cognitive limitations
- 阅读: Cognitive biases
- 阅读: The Mozart of Chess
- 练习测验: Decision making
- 視頻: Strategy as forecasting
- 阅读: Strategy as forecasting
- 視頻: Hidden costs
- 阅读: The hidden costs of offshore outsourcing
- 练习测验: Dealing with the hidden costs
已評分: Strategic decision-making
第 6 週
Formulating a Strategy in a 21st Century Creative Company
Drawing on the content covered in this course, your job is to formulate a strategy for the Danish design company e-Types. Specifically, based on an analysis of the firm and the environment, you should formulate a strong strategy for how e-Types should move forward. Background information on the company and the assignment is provided below.
4 個視頻, 3 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Assignment information
- 阅读: Video info
- 視頻: e-Type business
- 阅读: A strategic dilemma
- 視頻: Story of e-Types - part II
- 視頻: e-Types dilemma
已評分: Formulating a strategy for e-Types
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製作方
Copenhagen Business School
Centrally located in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is one of the largest business schools in Europe with close to 23,000 students. CBS offers world-class research-based degree programs at undergraduate, graduate, and PhD levels as well as executive and other post experience programs.
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評分和審閱
Detailed course.. Enjoyed the Case Studies.
|O curso oferece uma boa orientação para elaboração de estratégia.
Interesting course, very enlightening.
RJ
Great relevant course for strategic thinking.