Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)
STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMTTM010
Credits: 15. Grading scale: UV. Cycle: A (Second Cycle). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. Compulsory for: TEMA4. Course coordinator: Universitetslektor Stefan Sveningsson, niklas.hallberg@fek.lu.se, Department of Business Administration. Assessment: Examination takes place through written exam of assigned tasks during the course. Extra examination opportunities are provided in close connection to the regular examination of the course. The following grades are used: Pass with distinction, Pass and Fail. All courses are as a supplement also graded according to the ECTS scale A-F. Parts: 2. Home page: http://www.fek.lu.se/Default.asp?id=3310.

Aim
The course provides theories and technically oriented knowledge within the area of strategic management and economic analysis as well as a basis for understanding the interconnectedness between strategy, organization and management control. In order to sustain understanding the theories, models and tools of the course are continuously related and applied to cases and real companies in terms of problem identification and problem solving.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Hold knowledge and understanding about basic concepts and models within strategic management and economic analysis

Are prepared to autonomously communicate and argument for individual problem identification and problem solving.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Have the ability to apply the basic tools of strategic management and economic analysis in order to develop

advanced problem identification and problem solving.

Have the skills to integrate and understand relations between the strategic, administrative and operative

organizational levels.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Teaching consists of lectures, seminars, group studies, reports, guest lectures and on occasion, company visits.

The structure of the course and its form of examination demands regular attendance and continuous work with a variety of tasks.

Contents
An overall objective with the course is to facilitate for students to appropriate an integrative working method that makes it possible for them to be characterized as both action oriented and analytic.

The course provides theories and technically oriented knowledge within the area of strategic management and economic analysis as well as a basis for understanding the interconnectedness between strategy, organization and management control. In order to sustain understanding the theories, models and tools of the course are continuously related and applied to cases and real companies in terms of problem identification and problem solving.

Students are expected to appropriate knowledge and skills through both written and oral forms of argumentation.

After a brief introduction to the basic concepts and models of economic analysis, the course covers the following areas:

Economic organization and firm boundaries

Market and competitive analysis

Strategic position and dynamics

Internal organization and control

Literature
Besanko, D., Dranove, D., Shanley, M., & Schaefer, S. 2009. Economics of Strategy. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 5th edition.

Parts

Code: 0109. Name: Case Exmination.
Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: UV. Assessment: Approved assignments.

Code: 0209. Name: Written Examination.
Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: UV. Assessment: Written examination.