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Course syllabus - Strategic management

Scope

15.0 credits

Course code

FOA238

Valid from

Autumn semester 2026

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G2F (First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Business Administration

Organisation

Department of Business and Mathematics

Ratified

2020-01-26

Revised

2025-11-03

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

Objectives

The purpose is to give the student an overview of strategy concepts, theories and different schools/perspectives on strategy. The course also lets the student analyse the relationship between entrepreneurship, knowledge, market dynamics, innovation and growth.
Another purpose is to develop the student's personal skills in concerns to oral and written presentations; critical and analytical thinking; information search; scrutinizing material, and; group work.

Learning outcomes

After this course the student should be able to:

  • demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge and handle complexity when evaluating different alternatives concerning a company's strategy in certain context;
  • apply theories and models from the course literature - and other collected and scrutinized material - to an organization in order to describe and analyze their stratetgy
  • formulate judgements with incomplete data concerning strategy;
  • communicate and present (both orally and in writing) his/her conclusions and underpinnings (on the above mentioned learning outcomes), to specialist and non-specialist international audiences clearly and unambiguously;
  • peer-review the work of fellow students as well as argue for and discuss about his/her own contribution in each learning activity, and;
  • study in a manner that is largely self-directed and autonomous, which means that the student is expected to take responsibility for his/her own studies, and also indirectly for other students' learning and development by taking an active part in different course activities.

Course content

During the course the student will discuss and analyse concepts connected to different views on strategy. The base for the discussion will come from the course literature, articles and case studies. The student will do a research where they should describe strategies used by a company / organization. Part of the course is also to get the experience of leading and managing a seminar. The course contains 30% applied business administration.

Specific requirements

Business Administration 60 credits with progression of theese 15 credits must be on level G1F. In addition English 6 or English level 2 is required.

Examination

Written examination (TEN2), 6 credits, grade Excellent (A), Very good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Sufficient (E), Insufficient (F)
Group project (GRU1), 4,5 credits, grade Excellent (A), Very good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Sufficient (E), Insufficient, complementary work possible (Fx), Insufficient (F)
Seminar activity (SEM1), 4,5 credits, grade Excellent (A), Very good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Sufficient (E), Insufficient, complementary work possible (Fx), Insufficient (F)

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

AF-skala

Interim Regulations and Other Regulations

Overlaps 15 hp with EFO210 Strategic Marketing Management