Overview:
- Credits:
- 5.0
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Autumn
- Subject:
- Business Management
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Dr Brian McGrath
BMGT44000 Competitive Strategy
Academic Year 2023/2024
Competitive Strategy deals with the challenges managers face in seeking to achieve their organisation’s mission by aligning and deploying their internal assets, capabilities and people to best effect in the face of changing, uncertain and ambiguous environmental and competitive conditions. This complex task requires a sophisticated blend of analytical, behavioural and political skills.This module is designed to introduce students to the comprehensive nature of strategy in business and provides an insight into the main tools of analysis available to the strategist.
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Curricular information is subject to change
Learning Outcomes:
On completing this module students will be expected to be able to:
1. Describe the main theories and frameworks relevant to Competitive Strategy2. Apply fundamental theories and frameworks in Competitive Strategy to real life competitive scenarios3. Integrate ideas and knowledge from other business disciplines into their competitive reasoning4. Work as part of a team to evaluate competitive scenarios and formulate competitive strategies
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Autonomous Student Learning | 101 |
| Lectures | 24 |
| Small Group | 1 |
| Total | 126 |
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
| Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
|---|---|
| In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
Feedback Strategy/Strategies
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
How will my Feedback be Delivered?
Students will receive feedback on each continuous assessment component before being required to submit the subsequent component of the same nature.
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