Welcome to this course, which I hope you will enjoy. There are lecture notes and slides plus web activities on these pages to help you think about strategic management issues. Please do not consider the lecture notes as a substitute for wide reading. I am constantly updating this page so keep coming back to it.
Please note that you can access a number of other resources on this page, including a MESSAGE BOARD that you must consult weekly. Note that there is a separate set of web links for those following the strategic management unit. I have also produced a study booklet for you to work with. It is in draft form so please do the reading.
The
booklet is in 2 formats. Click to download in Adobe
PDF 
(2mb)
or as a Winzip
file (900kb)
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How to download electronic journal articles for this unit? |
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| 1 | Introduction to strategy |
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| 2 |
Read chapter 1 of the study booklet |
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Ten Steps in Strategic Planning Read chapter 2 of the study booklet |
Can Strategy be applied by Philanthropic organisations? Read the article by Mark Kramer entitled "Strategic confusion" |
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Read chapter 3 of the study booklet |
Scenario Planning |
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Strategy and Regulatory frameworks Read this interesting paper by Oliver Williamson on Law, Economics and Organisation |
Case Study on Regulating Lotteries |
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Read chapter 4 of the study booklet |
Web Activity on Core Competences |
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Two interesting On-Line primers from John Kay's website:On Profit Related Pay and On Company Law (with Aubrey Silberston) |
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Read chapter 5 of the study booklet |
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Game Theory (pdf) Prisoner's Dilemma Game. Slide Show with Streaming Audio links to Windows Media Player. Read chapter 6 of the study booklet |
Multiple choice questions |
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Complexity and the Learning Organisation. Slides and web activities. Read chapter 7 of the study booklet |
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| 11 | Crisis Management | Foot and Mouth Disease |
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Global issues |
Reviewing the problems |
I am recommending the following texts for use on this course.
Johnson G & Scholes K (2001) Exploring Corporate Strategy Text and Cases, 6th ed., Prentice Hall, London. Click here to buy this book from Amazon.co.uk.
Those interested in the public sector can purchase Johnson G and Scholes K , editors (2000) Exploring Public Sector Strategy, Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, London. Click here to buy this book from Amazon.co.uk.
(If you buy books from Amazon I will donate the commission received to my chosen charity, The Parkinson's Disease Society.)
You can access the reading list for this course by clicking here.
You can access the University's eJournals by clicking here. Remember that you can look at the slideshows
