SEM 641
Business Strategy
Summer 2026
Topics
- Introductions
- Course Framework
- Ethical Guidelines
- Live Projects Explanation
Readings
- Fisher, G., Wisneski, J. and Bakker, R. Strategy in 3D. (2020). Oxford University Press
- Mintzberg, H., Lampel, J. and Ahlstrand, B. 1998. Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour through the Wilds of Strategic Management: New York: The Free Press. Chapters 1 and 12. (Canvas)
- Porter, M.E. 2008. The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy. Harvard Business Review. 86(1): 78-93. (Canvas)
- Kim, W.C. and Mauborgne, R. 2007. Chapter 1. Blue Ocean Strategy. Harvard Business School Press (Canvas)
- Ghemawat, P.J. and Rivkin, J.W. (2006). Creating Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business School Press. (Course Pack))
- Collis, David J. (2021). Why Do So Many Strategies Fail?, Harvard Business Review. (Course Pack)
- Hansen, Morten T. and Birkinshaw, Julian, 2007, Innovation Value Chain, Harvard Business School Press (Course Pack))
- Bradach, J. L.; Tierney, Thomas J.; Stone, N. 2008. Delivering on the Promise of Non-Profits. Harvard Business Review, 86 (12,): 88-97 (Canvas)
- Collis, D. J., Hartman, A., and Shu, T. (2022). Corporate Divestitures and Spinoffs. Harvard Business Review Press. (Course Pack)
Winter 2025
Topics
- Introductions
- Course Framework
- Ethical Guidelines
- Live Projects Explanation
Readings
- Mintzberg, H., Lampel, J. and Ahlstrand, B. 1998. Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour through the Wilds of Strategic Management: New York: The Free Press. Chapters 1 and 12. (Canvas)
- Porter, M.E. 2008. The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy. Harvard Business Review. 86(1): 78-93. (Canvas)
- Kim, W.C. and Mauborgne, R. 2007. Chapter 1. Blue Ocean Strategy. Harvard Business School Press (Canvas)
- Ghemawat, P.J. and Rivkin, J.W. (2006). Creating Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business School Press. (Course Pack))
- Collis, David J. (2021). Why Do So Many Strategies Fail?, Harvard Business Review. (Course Pack)
- Hansen, Morten T. and Birkinshaw, Julian, 2007, Innovation Value Chain, Harvard Business School Press (Course Pack))
- Simons, Robert, 2018. Strategy Execution Module 9: Building a Balanced SEM641 Winter 2025 – Seethram Page 5 of 13
- Collis, D. J., Hartman, A., and Shu, T. (2022). Corporate Divestitures and Spinoffs. Harvard Business Review Press. (Course Pack) SPEAKER Tentative: Senior Corporate Executive and Serial Tech Start-Up Entrepreneur & Advisor, U of A School of Business Alumnus o Exit as a Business Strategy & Knowing When The Time Has Come o A Board’s Role in Corporate Strategy Formulation
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- 2021-Fall-SEM-641-LECTURE-X01 ↗2021
- 2022-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-B1 ↗2022
- 2022-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-X50 ↗2022
- 2022-Fall-SEM-641-LECTURE-X02 ↗2022
- 2023-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-B02 ↗2023
- 2023-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-X51 ↗2023
- 2023-Fall-SEM-641-LECTURE-X01 ↗2023
- 2024-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-B01 ↗2024
- 2024-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-X50 ↗2024
- 2025-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-B01 ↗2025
- 2025-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-X50 ↗2025
- 2025-Fall-SEM-641-LECTURE-A01 ↗2025
- 2026-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-X50 ↗2026
- 2026-Summer-SEM-641-LECTURE-B01 ↗2026
- Additional readings are supplied through the course LMS. Partial automated extraction.
- Document date Winter 2025 differs from archive label Winter 2026. Archive label: 2026-Winter-SEM-641-LECTURE-X50 Partial automated extraction.