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Strategic Management, acad. year 2024-2025, online studies

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smart for good
Credits:
6 ECTS credits
Location:
-
Continuous learning category:
Business and international collaboration, Management and HR development
Teaching format:
Online teaching
Price:
120 € (VAT 0%)
Jatkuva oppiminen verkkosivut

This course is part of the YUFE Skills of the Future Programme.

Learning outcomes
Student can

- describe the basic concepts, tools and foundations of strategic management
- apply appropriate strategic management concepts and tools to business cases
- define and apply the tools and techniques of strategic analysis
- identify and describe the challenges and opportunities of sustainable business for entrepreneurship and innovation
Learn generic competencies: Critical thinking, leadership and development


Online studies

Content

Strategy and strategic position. Competitive advantage. Analytical concepts and and tools to evaluate the strategic options. Development of strategies in organizations. Organizational structures, organizational processes and relationship management. Organization's position in the external environment, the determinants of strategic capability, the influence of, history and culture on strategy, sustainable business.

Study Materials

Whittington, R., P. Regnér, D. Angwin, G. Johnson & K. Scholes. 2020. Exploring strategy. 12th edition. Harlow, UK: Pearson Education. The 11th edition is also suitable.

Study methods
This course is an online course and, thus, you are expected to carry it out as an independent study. It takes about 162 hours of work to complete the course. Three online exams that you can complete on your own schedule. All information on modules and tests is available on eLearn Moodle. This is an online and automated course.

Teacher: Subhanjan Sengupta

Evaluation: Scale on grade 0 -5. Course credits are given once every month towards the end of the month.

Teaching Language: English

The course is at the Bachelor`s level. The course belongs to the Basic Studies, Management and Leadership (johtamisen perusopinnot) and the Intermediate studies, Management and Leadership (Johtamisen aineopinnot)


Individual study units cost 20 e / credit and the study module costs 15 e / credit. These prices hold for the academic year 2024–2025. The study fee is paid at registration. 

By paying the study fee, the student receives a temporary right to study that entitles them to attend a particular course. The right to study is course-specific, and is required to complete the course as specified in the syllabus for the term, covering both teaching and course exams. If the course is continuously open for registration, the maximum time to complete the course is from 1 August to 31 July for that academic year.

Irrespective of time

Continuous registration 15.8.2024- 30.4.2025.

Three online exams that you can complete on your own schedule.



English

Register for studies

I Click the registration button on this page. You will be directed to our registration service with the study unit already selected. You can add several study units to your study cart before you continue. 

II Proceed to identify yourself using the Suomi.fi service, fill in your personal information to the registration form, confirm your registration and pay the study fees. If you cannot use the Suomi.fi service, please contact our training secretary, their information can be found below. 

Please note that the registration is binding. For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi)

III Your registration will typically be processed in 2-5 working days. During peak registration periods, this may take up to 10 days. After this period, you will get an automatic message which includes a link to the starting instructions. Please read and follow the instructions carefully.  

 

If you have not studied at UEF before, you will also receive instructions for activating a UEF username. If you already have a UEF username, change the password to your account. 

 

Your username will receive full access rights when your study right begins.  

 

If you can’t find these messages, remember to check your email’s trash folder, and contact the open university staff if needed. 

 

If your employer will pay your tuition fee, please contact our training secretary. Their contact information can be found below. 

Are you registering for the course through YUFE Skills of the Future Programme? Please, register to the course filling this form.

Registration starts:
2024-08-15 09:00
Registration ends:
2025-04-30 23:45
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