COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT TOPICS IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LGM 4008 CURRENT TOPICS IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÇIMEN KARATAŞ ÇETIN

Offered to

Logistics Management

Course Objective

To introduce conceptual frameworks and analytical tools that identify the key drivers of superior performance under different conditions and explain how to formulate strategy in the face of environmental change and uncertainty. This course aims to introduce students to and equip them with skills required to manage business and non-business organizations at senior levels.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To Identify opportunities and threats as well as strengths and weakness in the operating environment of hypothetical and real-world organizations.
2   To Distinguish between different types and levels of strategy and strategy implementation.
3   To Gain insights into the strategy-making processes of different types of organizations
4   To Apply strategic management knowledge in the analysis of actual business cases that pertain to strategic planning and decision-making
5   To Use the case study approach to the analysis of business problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Overview of Strategic Management
2 External Analysis: The Identification of Opportunities and Threats
3 Internal Analysis: Distinctive Competencies, Competitive Advantage and Profitability
4 Building Competitive Advantage Through Functional Level Strategy
5 Building Competitive Advantage Through Business Level Strategy
6 Business Level Strategy and the Industry Environment
7 Strategy and Technology
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Strategy in the Global Environment
10 Corporate Level Strategy
11 Strategy Review, Evaluation, and Control
12 Business Ethics/Social Responsibility/Environmental Sustainability
13 Global/International Issues & Cases
14 Presentations
15 Presentations
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Hill, Charles W.L and Jones, Gareth R. (2010), Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach, 10th edition, South Western Cengage Learning.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies,data analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Oral and written competencies regarding the use of knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of Strategic Management in terms of research, investigation and evaluation will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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