ISS 610E - Special Topics in Strategic Management

Course Objectives

The main objectives of this course are as follows:
• To broaden students’ general knowledge about strategic management schools of thought in the management and organization literature,
• To help students understand the co-existence of seemingly contradictory assumptions of various theoretical lenses in strategic management.
• To improve students’ -as present and prospective managers- skills in recognizing, conceptualizing and dealing with strategic opportunities and threats in the task environment.

Course Description

Strategic Management is a field of study that investigates and improves assumptions, approaches and tools of overall planning, implementation and control of critical the activities of the organizations to survive cooperate and compete effectively and efficiently. This course deals with the descriptive and prescriptive schools of thought in this field.