363-0392-00L Strategic Management
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2018 |
| Lecturers | S. Herting |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | Number of participants limited to 80. Registration through myStudies (first come, first served). If you are unable to sign up through myStudies, please contact the course assistant: http://www.smi.ethz.ch/education/strategic-management.html |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 363-0392-00 G | Strategic Management Permission from lecturers required for all students.
Please take note of the irregular lecture dates. | 2 hrs |
| S. Herting |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | This courses conveys concepts and methods in strategic management, with a focus on competitive strategy. Competitive strategy aims at improving and establishing position of firms within an industry. |
| Learning objective | The lecture "Strategic Management" is designed to teach relevant competences in strategic planning and -implementation, for both professional work-life and further scientific development. The course provides an overview of the basics of “strategy” and the most prevalent concepts and methods in strategic management. The course is given as a combination of lectures about concepts/methods, and case studies where the students solve strategic issues of the case companies. In two sessions, the students will also be addressing real-time strategic issues of firms that are represented by executives. |
| Content | Contents: a. Strategy concepts b. Industry dynamics I: Industry analysis c. Industry dynamics II: Analysis of technology and innovation d. The resource-based theory of the firm e. The knowledge-based theory of the firm |
| Prerequisites / Notice | Number of participants limited to 80. Registration through myStudies (first come, first served). You will receive a confirmation email from us once you have successfully registered. We do not use the mystudies-Waiting List, but a seperate internal system. For further questions and if you are unable to sign up through myStudies, please contact the course assistant: http://www.smi.ethz.ch/education/strategic-management.html Session #0: (October 8) Organizational Issues & Guest lecture I Session #1: (October 15) Strategy Concepts & How to Solve a Case Session #2: (October 22) Industry Dynamics I Session #3: (October 29) Guest Lecture II Session #4: (November 5) Industry Dynamics II Session #5: (November 12) Resource-Based Theory Session #6: (November 26) Knowledge-based Theory Session #7: (December 3) Guest Lecture III For participants of the MAS-MTEC program we offer a complentary course Practicing Strategy in which students will apply the concepts of Strategic Management to their real-life contexts and organizations. Please register simultaneously for both courses if you want to take part in this course. For more information please see: http://www.smi.ethz.ch/education/practicing-strategy.html |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 3 credits |
| Examiners | S. Herting |
| Type | end-of-semester examination |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | A repetition date will be offered in the first two weeks of the semester immediately consecutive. |
| Additional information on mode of examination | The grade is calculated by 40% case presentation (compulsory continuous performance assessment) and 60% semester end exam. The case presentation must be passed on its own. |
Learning materials
| Main link | Information and Readings |
| Only public learning materials are listed. | |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General | Permission from lecturers required for all students |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management, Technology and Economics Master | Strategy, Markets and Technology | W+ |  |
| MAS in Management, Technology, and Economics | Strategy, Markets and Technology | W+ | |