The course will offer an overview of strategic management, with a particular focus on the dynamic complexity of the environment, organisational change and the challenges organisations face when developing strategic capabilities and competitive advantage.

This course will be delivered over six weeks at the beginning of semester 2 and structured around 10 half-day and 1 full-day sessions.

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The course will offer an overview of strategic management concepts and current debates. It will equip participants with tools and techniques to allow them a critical approach in formulating, implementing and assessing strategies and strategic options as well as the resources and capabilities needed to develop a competitive advantage for public, private or third sector organisations.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Assess the contribution of key thinkers in the field of strategy and engage with key debates and schools of thought.

2. Critically evaluate an organisation's current strategy and its strategic options using appropriate tools and techniques.

3. Produce a group presentation and defend the findings of their analysis in both written and oral forms.

4. Appraise the lessons learnt in implementing strategic decisions in a business game simulation.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.