Strategic Management II
(Core Course in Strategic Management)
PGDBM 2010-12
Faculty: Dr. Amar KJR Nayak Professor of Strategic Management & NABARD Chair Professor
Course Objectives:
Strategic Management, a core course aims to provide a broad understanding of the strategy process in a business/industrial organization. It will seek to build students’ competence in appreciating and understanding the context in terms of internal capabilities and external conditions of an organization, and learn to analyze and develop alternative pathways for long term development of an organization. Strategic Management II will build on the understanding gained in SM-I. This module will focus on growth strategies, transaction cost, governance, dynamic capabilities, and sustainability perspectives of firms.
The specific objectives of the course include:
(a) Orient the students to the long term perspectives of organizations,
(b) Understand the significance of internal and external context to strategy making,
(b) Learn the basic frameworks, tools and techniques of strategic analysis, planning, and execution in an organization,
(c) Introduce organizational analysis from the perspectives of business, corporate and global strategies.
(d) Provide a platform to the students to integrate the various functional areas. The Term Case Study is an integral part of the learning process, where the participants will have the chance to weave and integrate all functional perspectives to understand the larger picture of strategy in an organization in a given context of internal capabilities and external conditions.
(e) Get to understand the logic behind the growth strategies, transaction cost, dynamic capabilities, and sustainability perspectives of firms.
Lectures, Case Discussions & Comprehensive Case Development will be adopted in the course. The approach to learning will largely be through a dialectic method of advancing the understanding of issues in strategic management.
Evaluation:
Quizzes & Assignment: 10%
Term Case: 40%
End Term Examination: 50%
Minimum Pass Mark: 30%
Term Case Study: Deadline for Submission of Term Cases: July 15, 2011, 8.00 PM
(Each student is required to send his/her term case to the class representative (CR) and the CR shall compile whateever submissions he/she receives and email them to Prof. Nayak by deadline. Late submission either by a group/class or individual will attract penalty)
Reading Materials:
Copies of all Relevant Reading Materials will be provided to the students. The students are however advised to refer to books, journals and magazines in Strategic Management. A number of such reference materials are available in the XIMB Library.
Some Reading Materials:
Please Note:
1. Institute Rules of attendance will apply.
2. All students are advised to get their name stand to every class and sit together with the group members.
3. Institute Rules on Plagiarism and indiscipline will be adhered to.
Contact Details
Dr. Amar KJR Nayak
Professor of Strategic Management & NABARD Chair Professor
Room # 207, Main Academic Block, OR
Room # 130, Centre for Case Research, CENDERET
Intercom: 706, email: amar@ximb.ac.in
For appointments and queries, please contact:
Mrs. Sujata Panda, Intercom: 738