United Nations Academy of Somalia

Master of Business Administration

Semester I, 2020
SMA504: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

Course Outline

Course objective: In the highly competitive and dynamic world of business, a successful leader must understand the impact of internal and external forces on the design, planning and implementation of organization’s strategies. In addition, gaining and sustaining a competitive advantage is harder than ever. This course deals with such complexity in management and aims to develop the students’ ability to analyze such issues and look for potential solutions with the study of both theoretical and practical contexts.

Intended learning outcomes:

·       Understand the key concepts, complexity, and challenges of strategic management.

·       Be able to demonstrate competence of strategic thinking.

·       Be able to use the knowledge and competence obtained in the course in a business or management environment to formulate and implement strategies in the context of issues such as globalization, social responsibility and stainability.

Learning methods and activities:

·       Teaching method: online class, quizzes, cases etc.

·       Assignment: All students must pass an individual assignment in order to take the final examination. In addition, there will be different activities or works online in which everyone should be participated.

·       Final examination: At the end of the semester, students take final examination online.

·       Evaluation: Final examination- 50%, Mandatory assignment: 25%, others: 25%

Reference book: David, F. R. & David, F. R. (2017). Strategic management: A competitive advantage approach, concepts, and cases. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

Course contact : Ishwar Khatri, Lecturer, e-mail: Khatry69@gmail.com

 

Course contents:

Units	Topics
1	The Nature of Strategic Management
2	The Business Vision and Mission
3	The External Assessment
4	The Internal Assessment
5	Strategies in Action
6	Strategy Analysis and Choice
7	Implementing Strategies: Management and Operations Issues
8	Implementing Strategies: Marketing, Finance/Accounting, R&D, and MIS Issues
9	Strategy Review, Evaluation, and Control
10	Business Ethics/Social Responsibility/Environmental Sustainability
11	Global/International Issues
Managerial Statistics: cases
Assignment
Semester-end examination