MGMT08026 0000 Business Strategy 1

Business Strategy 1

Business Strategy 1

MGMT08026

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MGMT - Management

MRKT - Marketing, Tourism and Leisure

08 - NFQ Level 8

05 - 05 Credits

Semester

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Paul McWeeney

SG_BACCO_K08 201600 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Accounting Stream (Add-on) SG_BFINA_K08 201600 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business in Finance Stream (Add-on) SG_BIMFR_H08 201900 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business in International Marketing with French SG_BIMGE_H08 201900 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business in International Marketing with German SG_BIMSP_H08 201900 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business in International Marketing with Spanish SG_BSPOR_H08 201900 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Sport with Business SG_BINTE_H08 201900 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in International Marketing and Languages SG_BMARK_H08 202000 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Marketing SG_BBUSI_K08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business L8 (Add-on) DoMTS SG_BBUSI_H08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business L8 (Ab-initio) SG_BFINA_H08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business in Finance and Investment SG_BTOUR_H08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business in Tourism with Event Management SG_BINTE_H08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in International Marketing and Languages SG_BBMTS_K08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business L8 (Add-on) DoMTS SG_BFINA_K08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Finance Stream (Add-on) SG_BFINV_K08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business in Finance and Investment Stream(Add-on) SG_BGENE_K08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business in General Stream (Add-on) SG_BHRMS_K08 202100 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business in HRM Stream (Add-on)

The objective for this module will be to provide an introductory, comprehensive, well-structured and leading edge treatment of business strategy, covering key questions about contemporary organisations operating in both the private and public sector. The aim will be to enable the learner derive maximum value from the teaching and learning of business strategy through the development of theoretical concepts and analytical frameworks.

This pedagogical path will attempt to stimulate critical appraisal skills as the learner constructs an integrated strategic view of the organisation and fluctuating operating environment. The module will examine how business strategy assists organisations in the appreciation of assets through the development of effective business strategy and explore the shifting economic fortunes of organisations recovering in a post pandemic world, the rapid adoption of topics like sustainability, data analytics, technology, new media platforms and the increasing power of emerging economies in the developed world.

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Online Resource Center:

For Lecturers:

PowerPoint Slides
Teaching notes for mini-cases and end of chapter cases
Guide to answering questions on readings
Answers to discussion questions
Sample examination questions
All figures from the book

For Students:

Multiple choice questions
Updates to the case studies
Annotated weblinks
Guidance to further readings

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26/01/2020 Exploring Strategy Pearson

Essential Reading -

Richard Whittington, Patrick Régner, Duncan Angwin, Gerry Johnson and Kevan Scholes, Exploring Strategy – Text and Cases, 12^th Edition, Pearson (2020)

ISBN: 978-1-292-28245-9 (Text and Cases),

ISBN: 978-1-292-28246-6 (PDF),

ISBN: 978-1-292-28250-3 (ePub).

 

Book Resources – Recommended (For independent learning)

Arthur A. Thompson, John E. Gamble, Margaret A. Peteraf and Alex James Strickland III, Crafting and Executing Strategy – The Quest for Competitive Advantage : Concepts and Cases, 23^rd Edition, McGraw Hill (2022)

ISBN: 978-1-2650282404,

ISBN: 978-1-265-02824-4,

MHID: 1-265-02824-9.

 

Richard Lynch, Strategic Management, Pearson (2021) 9^th Edition,

ISBN: 978-1-529-75824-5 (print)

ISBN: 978-0-292-06470-3 (eText)

ISBN: 978-1-292-06468-0 (PDF)

 

Fred R. David, Forest R. David and Meredith E. David, Strategic Management – A Competitive Advantage Approach. 17^th Edition, Pearson (2020)

ISBN-13: 978-0-135-20369-9

 

Jay B. Barney and William S. Hesterly, Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage – Concepts and Cases, 6^th Edition, Pearson (2019)

ISBN-13: 978-1-292-25804-1

ISBN 10: 1-292-25804-1

 

Thomas L. Wheelen, J. David Hunger, Alan N. Hoffman and Charles E. Bamford, Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy – Globalisation, Innovation and Sustainability, 15th Edition, Pearson (2018)

ISBN 10: 1-292-22729-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-292-22729-0

Academy of Management Review Bloomberg Business Horizons Californian Management Review Corporate Responsibility Journal Emerald, Factfinder, Infotrac Onefile, Infotrac Newspaper and Science Direct Harvard Business Review Journal of Change Management Long Range Planning Management Decision MIT Sloan Management Review Strategic Management Journal Financial Times Archives Sunday Business Post Archives

Emerald, Factfinder, Infotrac Onefile and Science Direct

Academy of Management Review

Bloomberg

Business Horizons

Californian Management Review

Corporate Responsibility Journal

Harvard Business Review

Journal of Change Management

Long Range Planning

Management Decision

MIT Sloan Management Review

Strategic Management Journal

Financial Times Archives

Sunday Business Post Archives

 

Guest speakers from industry and academia

Fieldtrips to local business community

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