ISL 508 - Strategic Management

The course is designed specifically not only to introduce students with key strategy concepts but also aims to help students to integrate and apply their prior learning to various business situations. The course aims to support programme objectives with solid grounding in ethics, globalization and crossfunctional issues.

This course introduces the concept of strategic management through readings, discussion and case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries. Strategic management process and concepts, value of vision, mission and corporate objectives, the role of corporate governance and stakeholder management, coherence in strategic direction. External analysis: Porter’s Five Forces model, the general environment, the competitive environment, the national environments, and creating the environmentally aware organisation. Internal analysis: value chain analysis, resource-based view of a firm, evaluation of firm performance, the balanced scorecard and the strategy map. The Nature of Competitive Advantages and Strategic Formulation Nature of competitive advantages and sustainability. Different levels of strategy. Low cost, differentiation and focus strategies. Factors affecting a nation's competitiveness. International expansion. International, multidomestic, global and transnational strategies. Creating value and diversification, outsourcing, acquisitions, internal new ventures, international strategic alliances, and restructuring. Horizontal and vertical integration.

- Harmurt Stadler and Christoph Kilger, Supply Chain Management, And Advanced Planning, Concepts, Models, Software and Case Studies, Springer, 2007.
- Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl, Supply Chain Management, Fifth Edition, Pearson, 2013
- APICS Body of Knowledge Framework

- APICS Body of Knowledge Framewor

Students are expected to come to class on time; punctuality is a must and appreciated.
For quizzes, no make-up will be given. Any student who does not attend a quiz will get 0 (zero).
For midterm, make-up will be granted only to the students whose excuse complies with the University policy. Students with a valid excuse should fill the "Extenuating Circumstances Form" and provide the appropriate documentation as soon as possible; and their situation will be evaluated by the Office of the Dean.