Strategy and Management (IND630)

Strategic management is about how an organization identifies and makes action choices that enable it to deliver unique value to customers and stakeholders. These choices arise by considering factors related to the external environment, the competitive situation, and the organization’s resources and capabilities. Leadership plays a central role at all levels in these processes regarding the design, communication, and execution of the strategy.


Course description for study year 2025-2026. Please note that changes may occur.

Facts

Course code

IND630

Version

1

Credits (ECTS)

10

Semester tution start

Autumn

Number of semesters

1

Exam semester

Autumn

Language of instruction

Norwegian

Offered by
Time table

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Content

NB! This is an elective course and may be cancelled if fewer than 10 students are enrolled by August 20th for the autumn semester.

This course aims to increase the student's understanding of different factors that can affect the organizations' conditions to succeed. This demands a comprehensive approach to the organization, the competitive environment, and leadership. These factors will influence the management's strategy process.

This will represent a holistic approach to the different topics and disciplines integrated into strategic Leadership. The intention is to move toward integrating different theoretical approaches with contributions from management literature, economics, organizational theory, and psychology. The complexity of the subject shall stimulate critical and analytical thinking and the ability to be a competent partner in a concrete organizational setting.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

  • The student should have extensive knowledge of leadership theories relevant to knowledge-, learning, and innovation-intensive organizations
  • The student should have knowledge about how complexity requires collaboration, collective intelligence, and psychological safety
  • The student should have extensive knowledge of different strategy models to evaluate external and internal conditions
  • The student should know strategic analysis, methods, and analytical tools

Skills

  • The student should be able to employ leadership for promoting goal-oriented collaboration in groups
  • The student should be able to employ leadership for increasing creativity, learning, knowledge sharing, and action in groups
  • The student should be able to undertake strategic analysis
  • The student should be able to implement strategy through measurement, change, and innovation processes

General competencies

  • The student should be able to demonstrate abilities to collaborate
  • The student should be able to communicate in a clear and easy-to-understand manner
  • The student should be able to critically reflect on how strategy and leadership are tools for choices and action
  • The student should be able to critically reflect on the roles of purpose, sustainability, and social responsibility for both leadership and strategy

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Recommended prerequisites

IND200 Economics and Markets, ING200 Technology management

Exam

Assignment and oral exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Assignment 1/2 2 Weeks Letter grades All
Oral exam 1/2 30 Minutes Letter grades None permitted

The home exam has a duration of two (2) weeks.The home exam builds on the case the students work in groups with throughout the course. At the end of the home exam, a written report based on the group's case assignment must be submitted. The report must incorporate answers to additional questions given in the home exam. The report must also contain the presentation to be given at the oral exam.After the home exam period has ended and the report has been submitted, an oral exam will be set up.The oral exam has a duration of approx. 30 minutes and is carried out in groups. The oral exam deals with the presentation of the case in the report, in addition to answering questions in the home exam.Exceptionally, the task can be carried out individually by agreement with the subject teacher.

Coursework requirements

Compulsory exercises

- 1 prepare and present a proposal for a solution for 1 assigned strategy case in class (approved/not approved)

- 1 opponent/commentator on 1 strategy case in class (approved/not approved)

Course teacher(s)

Course teacher:

Kristin Engh

Course coordinator:

Sigbjørn Landazuri Tveteraas

Course teacher:

Sigbjørn Landazuri Tveteraas

Head of Department:

Tore Markeset

Method of work

Lectures, team-work and team presentations.

Overlapping courses

Course Reduction (SP)
Strategy (BØK235_1) 5

Open for

Master students at Faculty of Sciences and Technology

Master students of Change Management - Master's Degree Programme

Course assessment

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Literature

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