This course examines the economic factors underlying value creation in corporate strategy.
Knowledge and understanding
Students have to recognize and understand the relationships between strategy, competitive context, organizational structure, management systems, and leadership style within the large corporation and appreciate the tasks involved in implementing corporate strategy. At the end of the course, student should know a sophisticated basis for evaluating corporate strategy questions.
Applying knowledge and understanding
Students will develop the capability to analyse different industry settings and relate this to corporate level strategic decision-making. They will know and apply the fundamentals of business management of companies that operate in different industries in a flexibile way.
Making judgments
Students should analyze multifaceted problems and opportunities in complex, international corporations and to propose appropriate solutions. At the end of the course, students will be able to develop models for corporate strategies and evaluate the consequences of these models.
Communication
Students need to be able to answer in a precise and reasoned way to the questions posed during the written and the oral exam.
They should employ a technical and proper terminology and demonstrate the ability to synthesize the content in both written and oral examination.
Lifelong learning skills
Student should demonstrate the ability to manage independently what they learned, identifying the interdisciplinary connection among different topics.