Strategic Management

2 credits · Owen Graduate School of Management

This course introduces tools and concepts for identifying, formulating, and implementing business strategy. The course teaches frameworks to analyze external and internal conditions of the firm with an aim of understanding both current positions and future performance potential of firms. Further, skills will be developed in conceptualizing strategy and thinking through the impact of planned and unplanned changes in the internal and external environments of firms. Students will apply critical thinking, problem solving, and financial analysis to realistic management situations. Classes take the format of lectures, case discussions, and management simulations. Limited to first year MBA students only. [2]