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Strategic Management(Session 2017-18)

U20467, U22724 & U22700 | Level 6

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305 items

Core Text (3 items)

Exploring strategy: Text and cases - G. Johnson, R. Whittington, K. Scholes, DuncanAngwin, P.Regner, 2017

Book | Exploring strategy without cases available below

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book

Additional Textbooks (16 items)

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy - C.Carter, S. Clegg, M. Kornberger, 2008

Book

Strategy: Theory & Practice - S. Clegg, 2011Book

Strategy: an international perspective - Bob de Wit, 2017Book

Strategy: an international perspective - Bob de Wit, 2017Book

Contemporary strategy analysis: text and cases - Robert M. Grant, 2013Book

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Foundations of strategy - Robert M. Grant, Judith Jordan, 2015Book

Strategic Management: Theory and Application - A. Haberberg, A. Rieple, 2008Book

Understanding Strategic Management - A. Henry, 2011Book | Earlier edition available

Blue ocean strategy: how to create uncontested market space and make the competitionirrelevant - W. Chan Kim,Renee Mauborgne, 2015

Book

Strategy: Analysis and Practice - J. McGee, H. Thomas, D.C. Wilson, 2010Book

Strategy safari: the complete guide through the wilds of strategic management - HenryMintzberg, Bruce W. Ahlstrand, Joseph Lampel, 2009

Book

The Cores of Strategic Management - K. Shimizu, 2012Book | Print book also available, see below

The Cores of Strategic Management - K. Shimizu, 2012Book

Key Concepts in Strategic Management - J. Sutherland, D. Canwell, 2004Book

Strategic Management: Principles and Practice - B. Witcher, V.S. Chau, 2010Book

What is strategy - and does it matter? - R. Whittington, 2001Book

Further Moodle Reading (32 items)

Strategy safari: the complete guide through the wilds of strategic management - HenryMintzberg, Bruce W. Ahlstrand, Joseph Lampel, 2009

Book | Previous edition available | Read The blind men and the elephant case study |Useful for Strategy from different perspectives topic

Crafting strategy - H. Mintzberg, J.Q. Hunsicker, 1988Article | Useful for Strategy from different perspective topic

The fall and rise of strategic planning - H. Mintzberg, 1994Article | Useful for Strategy from different perspective topic

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From measuring clouds to active listening - A.K. Rutter, 2003Article | Useful for Analysing the environment topic

The "Honda effect" revisited - H. Mintzberg, 1996Article | Useful for Analysing the environment topic

The five competitive forces that shape strategy - M.E. Porter, 2008Article | Useful for Analysing the environment topic

The resource-based theory of competitive advantage: Implications for strategy formulation- R.M. Grant, 1991

Article | Useful for Analysing resources and competencies topic

What is strategy? - M.E. Porter, 1996Article | The web address below will take you to the entry for the journal. From here

either follow the Year: 1996 Vol:74 and Issue: 6 and then look for the article title. Or clicksearch within this publication and copy "what is strategy" porter into the second searchbox that appears under the journal title then click on search. | Useful for Analysing theenvironment topic

Managing culture change: Can it ever be ethical? - J. Woodall, 1996Article | Useful for Analysing purpose and culture topic

Toward a new theory of the firm: a critique of stakeholder “theory” - S. Key, 1999Article | Useful for Analysing purpose and culture topic

Charisma in action: The transformational abilities of virgin's Richard Branson and ABB'sPercy Barnevik - M.F.R. Kets de Vries, 1998

Article | Useful for Corporate strategy topic

Creating corporate advantage - 1998Article | Useful for Corporate strategy topic

The value of the parent company - A. Campbell, M. Goold, M. Alexander, 1995Article | Useful for Corporate strategy topic

Corporate Strategy: The Quest for Parenting Advantage. - Andrew Campbell,, MichaelGoold,, Marcus Alexander

Article | Useful for Corporate strategy topic

Structured and creative approaches to strategy formulation - R.A. Proctor, 1992Article

Blue ocean vs. five forces - A. Burke, A. van Stel, R. Thurik, 2010Article

The resource-based view of the firm: Ten years after - B. Wernerfelt, 1995Article

A resource-based view of the firm - B. Wernerfelt, 1984Article

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Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? - D. J. Collis, M. G. Rukstad, 2008Article | The web address below will take you to the entry for the journal. From here

either follow the Year: 2008 Vol:86 and Issue:4 and then look for the article title. Or clicksearch within this publication and copy "Can you say what your strategy is" into thesecond search box that appears under the journal title then click on search.

On Being Stuck in the Middle or Good Food Costs Less at Sainsbury's. - Michael Cronshaw,Evan Davis, John Kay, 1994

Article

The myth of globalization - S.P. Douglas, Y. Wind, 1987Article

Managing differences: The central challenge of global strategy - P. Ghemawat, 2007Article

Strategy through a Cultural Lens: Learning from Managers' Experience - G. Johnson, 2000Article

The globalization of markets - T. LevittArticle

What is strategy and how do you know if you have one? - C. Markides, 2004Article

On Being Stuck in the Middle or Good Food Costs Less at Sainsbury's. - Michael Cronshaw,Evan Davis, John Kay, 1994

Article

Are you ignoring trends that could shake up your business? - E. Ofek, L. Wathieu, 2010Article

Real-time strategy: What is strategy, anyway? - R.W. Oliver, 2001Article

The core competence of the corporation - C.K. Prahalad, G. HamelArticle

The essentials of strategic change management - N. Tichy, 1983Article

Concepts of culture and organizational analysis - L. Smircich, 1983Article

Strategic Management: Theory and Application - A. Haberberg, A. Rieple, 2008Book

Journals and Business Press (2 items)

Harvard Business ReviewJournal | is aimed at senior management. It highlights current thinking in all areas of

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management featuring well known academics and consultants.

Long Range PlanningJournal | is aimed at practitioners and academics. It is readable, topical and relevant.

Company Information (6 items)

Nexis UKDocument

London Stock ExchangeWebsite

Mintel - Mintel International GroupJournal

Bloomberg - Business, Financial & Economic News, Stock QuotesWebsite

MarketLine advantageWebsite | Remember you will need to login if you are away from University and are not

using VPN or Web Proxy

Business Source Complete Company web sites

Some key writers in strategy (1 items)

Jay Barney Bala Chakravarthy James Champy Robert M. Grant Gary HamelMichaelHammer Chan Kim Renee Mauborgne Henry MintzbergKenichi Ohmae Tom Peters MichaelPorter C. K. Prahalad Robert Waterman George Yip

Moodle (1 items)

A selection of relevant journal articles will be on the unit's moodle site. The site will alsocontain lecturenotes, case studies, videos and links.

Referencing (2 items)

We expect Harvard APA. For information on how to do it go to:

University of Portsmouth Library - ReferencingWebpage

Turnitin (1 items)

Use this to check for plagiarism. A Turnitin report is not a requirement for passing the unitbut you must reference your work correctly.

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Week 1: Introduction (9 items)

Your seminar tutor will brief you on the structure of the unit, how it will be delivered andassessed and what is expected of you. In the seminar we will try to arrive at a definition ofstrategy by looking at company strategies on the internet.

 

You will also go through an icebreaker and start the process of formulating yourpresentation groups.

 

 

After seminar 1, you will be required to prepare for seminars in advance. You must alsokeep up with the required reading each week. 

Essential Reading (4 items)Reading before next seminar

Case Study- Heathrow case study and report read for next week (2items)

Strategy: Process, Content, Context: An International Perspective - B. de Wit, R. Meyer,2010

Book | Heathrow case study, pp. 673-680. Please note: this case study does not appearin later editions

Airports Commission Final Report - Howard Davies, Airports Commission, July 2015Document | Recommended or Additional | Skim report but ensure you read the

Executive Summary and understand it

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 1 [Introducing strategy] and the Commentary on Part 1 pp.190-201 [The strategy lenses]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 1 [Introducing strategy] and the Commentary on Part 1 pp.190-201 [The strategy lenses]

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Additional Reading (3 items)

Can you say what your strategy is? - D.J. Collis, M.G. Rukstad, 2008Article

What is strategy and how do you know if you have one? - C. Markides, 2004Article

Real-time strategy: What is strategy, anyway? - R.W. Oliver, 2001Article

Additional References - a good generic reading on strategy (1 items)

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy - C.Carter, S. Clegg, M. Kornberger, 2008

Book

Week 2: Introduction to strategy concepts (14 items)Case study Heathrow Airport (Moodle)

This is an introductory case to give you a broad overview of the type of issues that arecovered in strategic management. Read the case and compile a SWOT analysis forHeathrow Airport. Answer the following question;

 

1. What is your solution to the problem of Heathrow's overcapacity? Justify your answer.

2. In your answer you should consider which stakeholders are most powerful and how youwould deal with them.

Essential Reading (3 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 2 [Macro-environment analysis] and chapter 3 [Industry and sectoranalysis]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 2 [Macro-environment analysis] and chapter 3 [Industry and sectoranalysis]

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Case Study: Primark (Available on Moodle)

Additional Reading (3 items)

The five competitive forces that shape strategy - M.E. Porter, 2008Article

From measuring clouds to active listening - A.K. Rutter, 2003Article

Are you ignoring trends that could shake up your business? - E. Ofek, L. Wathieu, 2010Article

Additional References (7 items)

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy - C.Carter, S. Clegg, M. Kornberger, 2008

Book

Strategic Management: Theory and Application - A. Haberberg, A. Rieple, 2008Book

Understanding Strategic Management - A. Henry, 2008Book | p. 82 for summary of criticisms of Porter’s Five Forces | Later edition available

The "Honda effect" revisited - H. Mintzberg, 1996Article

Professor Paula Jarzabkowski on Strategy tools in practiceAudio-visual document

The five competitive forces that shape strategy - M.E. Porter, 2008Article

Strategy and the internet - M.E. Porter, 2001Article

Week 3: Analyzing the external environment (part one). (20 items)Case study: Primark

You have probably noticed the rapid expansion of Primark in recent years. They are nowthe market leader in budget fashion but what does the future hold for Primark? Read theextracts about Primark and prepare the following: PESTEL / Porter's Five Forces Note thatthe extracts contain only a sample of the possible issues affecting the fast fashion industryand Primark specifically. You can of course, consider issues outside of these extracts fromyour own knowledge and investigation. In the seminar you will share your findings with asmall group. Each group will then present their findings to the class.                   

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 Critical discussion of Porter's Five Forces.

 

 

Bring a piece of literature which discusses any aspect of Porter's Five Forces. You willdiscuss this literature in a small group and together you will compile your overall findingsand present these to the rest of the class. The literature should be from a 'proper' sourcei.e. recognized journals and business publications.

Essential Reading (3 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 2 [Macro-environment analysis] and chapter 3 [Industry and sectoranalysis]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 2 [Macro-environment analysis] and chapter 3 [Industry and sectoranalysis]

Case Study: Primark (Available on Moodle)

Additional Reading (2 items)

Contemporary strategy analysis - Robert M. Grant, 2013Book | Read chapter 8 (Industry Evolution and Strategic Change) especially pages on'

the industry life cycle'. This is chapter 11 if using the 7th edition.

Strategic groups: Theory, research and taxonomy - J. McGee, H. Thomas, 1986Article

Case Studies (8 items)

Primark owner confident British high street will 'regenerate' as it sees 23pc sales growth;The death of the high street has been greatly exaggerated, according to Primark's ownerAssociated British Foods, as it reported surging sales of its budget fashion ranges - E.Gosden, 2013

Article

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Retailers urged to take Bangladesh deal further: Factory safety agreement could becomeblueprint Conditions even worse in China and India - S. Butler, 2013

Article

Primark: Prospering despite a tragedy; Shoppers haven't lost their taste for for thecompany's clothes, even after a factory producing them collapsed and killed 1.127 people- L. Tobin, 2013

Article

Government says retailers must help raise factory standards - S. Butler, 2013Article

From classroom to catwalk: how students are backing ethical fashion - E. Wight, 2013Article

National: Chiefs of Topshop and 20 leading stores told: 'Help make factories abroadbetter': Minister to demand action on ethical trading and raising safety standards after thedeaths of garment industry workers in Bangladesh - 2013

Article

The five competitive forces that shape strategy - M.E. Porter, 2008Article

Are you ignoring trends that could shake up your business? - E. Ofek, L. Wathieu, 2010Article

References (6 items)

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy - C.Carter, S. Clegg, M. Kornberger, 2008

Book

Contemporary strategy analysis - Robert M. Grant, 2013Book

Food Retailing - UK - November 2011Document

Strategic Management: Theory and Application - A. Haberberg, A. Rieple, 2008Book

Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors: With a NewIntroduction - M.E. Porter, 1998

Book

Crafting and executing strategy: concepts and readings - Arthur A. Thompson, Margaret A.Peteraf, John E. Gamble, A. J. Strickland, 2016

Book | Earlier edition available

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Week 4: Environmental analysis (part two) (16 items) Case Study: Primark

Prepare a strategic group analysis and industry life cycle of the fashion industry.

 

In order to do a strategic group analysis, you will need to think about the following issues;

·         How widely do I define the industry – do I need to go broader than fast fashion?

·         Who are Primark's immediate competitors and who are more distant? How do I knowthat I've thought of all possible existing and future competitors? What variables should Iuse to define the industry?

For industry life cycle, consider these issues;

·         How do I know what stage the industry is at?How do I know when the stage is goingto change?

 

In the class we will integrate the findings of PESTEL, Porter's Five Forces, strategic groupanalysis and industry life cycle. Based on these findings, what do you consider to be thekey opportunities and threats for Primark?

Organization of presentation groups. (facilitated by seminar tutor – groups of 4 or 5)

Essential Reading (3 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 4 [Resources and capabilities]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 4 [Resources and capabilities]

Watch Video "How to Build a Jumbo Jet Engine" and Read Case Study: NOMA (Available onMoodle)

Additional Reading (2 items)

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Qualitative value chain analysis and strategic choices - K. AhenkoraArticle

Internal environment analysis techniques - C. Caescu, A. Popescu, G. Ploeseanu, 2011Article

Case Studies (2 items)

Strategic groups: Theory, research and taxonomy - J. McGee, H. Thomas, 1986Article

Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Text and Cases - R.M. Grant, 2013Book | Chapter 8 (Industrial Evolution and Strategic Change), p. 207 | Earlier editions

available

References (7 items)

Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage - J. BarneyArticle

The resource-based theory of competitive advantage: Implications for strategy formulation- R.M. Grant, 1991

Article

Foundations of strategy - Robert M. Grant, Judith Jordan, 2015Book

Strategic Management: Theory and Application - A. Haberberg, A. Rieple, 2008Book

The core competence of the corporation - C.K. Prahalad, G. HamelArticle

Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy - J.Magretta, 2012

Book

Understanding Strategic Management - A. Henry, 2011Book | Earlier edition available

Week 5: Analyzing resources and competences. (13 items)Case study: NOMA (Moodle)

Compile a value chain analysis of NOMA and answer the following questions;

 

1.       How would you be able to tell whether the different activities in NOMA's value chain

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represents a strength or a weakness?

2.       Which activities are underpinning competitive advantage?

 

 

Discuss Rolls Royce ( "How to Build a Jumbo Jet Engine)

Essential Reading (2 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 4 [Resources and capabilities]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 4 [Resources and capabilities]

Additional Reading (4 items)

The resource-based theory of competitive advantage: Implications for strategy formulation- R.M. Grant, 1991

Article

The core competence of the corporation - C.K. Prahalad, G. HamelArticle

The "Honda effect" revisited - H. Mintzberg, 1996Article

A resource-based view of the firm - B. Wernerfelt, 1984Article

Case Studies (6 items)

Strategy: Theory & Practice - S. Clegg, 2011Book | NOMA case study, pp. 66-68

Qualitative value chain analysis and strategic choices - K. Ahenkora, 2012Article

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Internal environment analysis techniques - S. C. Caescu, A. Popescu, M. G. PloesteanuArticle

The core competence of the corporation - C.K. Prahalad, G. HamelArticle

Enhancing the prescriptiveness of the resource-based view through Porterian activityanalysis - N.T. Sheehan, N.J. Foss, 2007

Article

The development of the resource-based view of the firm: A critical appraisal - A. Lockett, S.Thompson, U. Morgenstern, 2009

Article

Week 6: Critical discussion about the Resource Based View of strategy.(21 items)

You are asked to prepare notes on one of the following articles with consideration of;

 

What type of paper is it (conceptual or empirical)?

What is the argument of the paper?

 

a.       Kraeijenbrink, J., Spender, C. & Groen, J. (2010). The resource based view: A reviewand assessment of its critiques. Journal of Management, 36, 349.

b.      Sheehan, N. & Foss, N. (2007). Enhancing the prescriptiveness of the resource basedview through Porterian activity analysis. Management Decision, 45(3). 450-461.

c.       Priem, R. & Butler, J. (2001). Is the resource based view a useful perspective forstrategic management research? Academy of Management Review, 26(1). 22-40.

d.      Lockett, A., Thompson, A. & Morgenstern, U. (2009). The development of theresource based view of the firm. International Journal of Management Reviews, 11(1),9-28.

 

Each group will summarize their article. From these findings consider the followingquestions;

1.       To what extent does the RBV offer a more convincing theory of firm profitability thanPorter's positioning view of strategy?

2.       Can you identify a fundamental flaw in the RBV argument?

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Essential Reading (2 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 7 [Business strategy and models]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 7 [Business strategy and models]

Additional Reading (2 items)

On being stuck in the middle or good food costs less at Sainsbury's - M. Cronshaw, E.Davis, J. Kay, 1994

Article

What is strategy? - M.E. Porter, 1996Article | The web address below will take you to the entry for the journal. From here

either follow the Year: 1996 Vol:74 and Issue: 6 and then look for the article title. Or clicksearch within this publication and copy "what is strategy" porter into the second searchbox that appears under the journal title then click on search.

Articles (5 items)You are asked to prepare notes on one of the following articles with consideration of; Whattype of paper is it (conceptual or empirical)? What is the argument of the paper?

The resource-based view: A review and assessment of its critiques - J. Kraaijenbrink, J.C.Spender, A.J. Groen, 2010

Article

Enhancing the prescriptiveness of the resource-based view through Porterian activityanalysis - N.T. Sheehan, N. Foss, 2007

Article

Is the resource-based "view" a useful perspective for strategic management research? -R.L. Priem, J. Butler, 2001

Article

The development of the resource-based view of the firm: A critical appraisal - A. Lockett, S.Thompson, U. Morgenstern, 2009

Article

Each group will summarize their article. From these findings consider the following

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questions; 1. To what extent does the RBV offer a more convincing theory of firmprofitability than Porter'spositioning view of strategy? 2. Can you identify a fundamentalflaw in the RBV argument?

Case Studies (6 items)

The resource-based theory of competitive advantage: Implications for strategy formulation- R.M. Grant, 1991

Article

The "Honda effect" revisited - H. Mintzberg, 1996Article

The core competence of the corporation - C.K. Prahalad, G. HamelArticle

A resource-based view of the firm - B. Wernerfelt, 1984Article

The resource-based view: A review and assessment of its critiques - J. Kraaijenbrink, J.C.Spender, A.J. Groen, 2010

Article

Is the resource-based "view" a useful perspective for strategic management research? -R.L. Priem, J.E. Butler, 2001

Article

References (5 items)

Hypercompetition: Managing the Dynamics of Strategic Maneuvering - R.A. D'Aveni, R.E.Gunther, 1994

Book | Not in stock

Blue ocean strategy: how to create uncontested market space and make the competitionirrelevant - W. Chan Kim,Renee Mauborgne, 2015

Book

Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors: With a NewIntroduction - M.E. Porter, 1998

Book

What is strategy? - M.E. Porter, 1996Article | The web address below will take you to the entry for the journal. From here

either follow the Year: 1996 Vol:74 and Issue: 6 and then look for the article title. Or clicksearch within this publication and copy "what is strategy" porter into the second searchbox that appears under the journal title then click on search.

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The concept of hypercompetition: A new approach to strategic management in largemultinational firms. - E. Rühli, 1997

Article

Week 7: Corporate level strategy (14 items)

Find out who is the parent company of the following companies; Primark, Wetherspoons,Jaguar, Sees Candies (an American chocolate company) and answer the followingquestions;.

1.       Can you identify the corporate parenting 'style' (see JSW and above reading forguidance).

 

2.       How does the parent company add value to its firms?

 

3.       How can a corporate parent tell whether it has the 'right' mix of firms under itsownership? 

Essential Reading (2 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 8 [Corporate strategy and diversification]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 8 [Corporate strategy and diversification]

Additional Reading (2 items)

Creating corporate advantage - D.J. Collis, C. Montgomery, 1998Article

Corporate strategy: The quest for parenting advantage - A. Campbell, M. Goold, M.Alexander, 1995

Article

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Case Studies (2 items)

On being stuck in the middle or good food costs less at Sainsbury's - M. Cronshaw, E.Davis, J. Kay, 1994

Article

What is strategy? - M.E. Porter, 1996Article | The web address below will take you to the entry for the journal. From here

either follow the Year: 1996 Vol:74 and Issue: 6 and then look for the article title. Or clicksearch within this publication and copy "what is strategy" porter into the second searchbox that appears under the journal title then click on search.

References - Confirmation Needed (7 items)

Creating corporate advantage - 1998Article

Breaking strategic inertia: Tips from two leaders - G. Elliot, A. Kramvis, 2012Article

Corporate strategy: The quest for parenting advantage - A. Campbell, M. Goold, M.Alexander, 1995

Article

Contemporary strategy analysis - Robert M. Grant, 2013Book

How to put your money where your strategy is - S. Hall, D. Lovallo, R. MustersArticle

Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance - M.E. Porter, 1985Book

A paradox of synergy: Contagion and capacity effects in mergers and acquisitions - J.M.Shaver, 2006

Article

Week 8: Achieving competitive advantage at business level (21 items)

Go back to your resources analysis of NOMA. From this analyses and answer the followingquestions;

 

1.       Can you determine what 'generic' strategy NOMA appears to be following?

2.       What is the risk of this strategy?

3.       Can you think of a restaurant business that seems to be based on cost leadership?

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What is the risk of this strategy?

 

You are asked to bring to the seminar a piece of literature about generic strategies.Discuss your article in a small group. Each group will comment on the following questionusing their literature as evidence;

 

4.       Is there really such a thing as a generic strategy?

Essential Reading (2 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 9 [International strategy]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 9 [International strategy]

Additional Reading (2 items)

When you shouldn't go global - M. Alexander, H. KorineArticle | The web link takes you to the Harvard Business Review Journal - you can either

select date, vol and issue to find the article or copy the title of the article into the "Searchwithin this publication" search box.

A flat world, a level playing field, a small world after all, or none of the above? A review ofThomas L. Friedman's The world Is flat - E.E. Leamer, 2007

Article

Case Studies (2 items)

Creating corporate advantage - 1998Article

Corporate strategy: The quest for parenting advantage - A. Campbell, M. Goold, M.Alexander, 1995

Article

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References (14 items)

Transnational Management: Text, Cases, and Readings in Cross-Border Management - C.A.Bartlett, P.W. Beamish, 2011

Book | Earlier editions available

Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution - C.A. Bartlett, S. Ghoshal, 1989Book

Global integration without expatriates - J. Bonache, J. Cerviño, 1997Article

A bibliometric study on Ghoshal's managing across borders - M.P. Ferreira, 2011Article | Not in stock

The World is Flat: The Globalized World in the Twenty-First Century - Friedman, Thomas L.,2006

Book

The End of History and the Last Man - F. Fukuyama, 1992Book

An empirical analysis and extension of the Bartlett and Ghoshal typology of multinationalcompanies - A.W. Harzing

Article

'Beyond the m-form': towards a critical test of the new form - P.N. Gooderham, S. Ulset,2002

Article

Building a truly global organization? ABB and the problems of integrating a multi-domesticenterprise - C. Berggren, 1996

Article

Understanding Global Strategy - S. Segal-Horn, D. Faulkner, 2010Book

Global and Transnational Business: Strategy and Management - G. Stonehouse, 2004Book | Chapter 13

The halo effect: How managers let themselves be deceived - P. Rosenzweig, 2008Book | Not in stock

A flat world, a level playing field, a small world after all, or none of the above? A review ofThomas L. Friedman's The World is Flat. - E. Leamer, 2007

Article

The Role of Business in Tomorrow's Society - 2007Audio-visual document

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Week 9: International strategy – is the world really getting smaller? (9items)

You will be asked to prepare one of the articles above; Alexander and Korine (2008) orLearner (2007). In small groups you will be asked to summarize the article and present tothe rest of the class. We will try to reach a conclusion as a class as to whether the worldreally is getting smaller.

Essential Reading (3 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 5 [Stakeholders and governance]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 5 [Stakeholders and governance]

Case Study: Glastonbury (Available on Moodle) 

Additional Reading (2 items)

Stakeholder capitalism - R.E. Freeman, K. Martin, B. Parmar, 2007Article

What is it that only I can do? - J. Fox, 2011Article

Case Studies (3 items)

When you shouldn't go global - M. Alexander, H. KorineArticle | The web link takes you to the Harvard Business Review Journal - you can either

select date, vol and issue to find the article or copy the title of the article into the "Searchwithin this publication" search box.

Actually, the world isn't flat - P. Ghemawat, 2012Audio-visual document

A flat world, a level playing field, a small world after all, or none of the above? A review ofThomas L. Friedman's "The World is Flat" - E.E. Leamer, 2007

Article

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Week 10: Stakeholder analysis. (19 items)Case study: Glastonbury Festival (Moodle)

Glastonbury festival is now the size of a small city compared to its original village sizedproportions.  Considering how much rural residents value their rural environment, how wasthis possible? Read the article about Glastonbury on moodle and compile a list ofstakeholders. These can come from the case but you also might think of some more thatneed to be taken into account. Consider the following questions;

 

1.       Who are the most powerful stakeholders of Glastonbury festival and how doesGlastonbury manage them? Do a stakeholder analysis to help you answer this question.

 

2.       What do you think could be a threat to Glastonbury's future survival? CanGlastonbury use any of its stakeholders to help deal with this threat?

Essential Reading (3 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 11 [Mergers, acquisitions and alliances]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 11 [Mergers, acquisitions and alliances]

Case Study: Starbucks (Available on Moodle)

Additional Reading (3 items)

The TOWS matrix—A tool for situational analysis - H. Weihrich, 1982Article | Not in stock

Managing strategic alliances: What do we know now, and where do we go from here? - K.Prashant, S. Harbir, 2009

Article

Cultural clashes in a “merger of equals”: The case of high-tech start-ups - I. Drori, A.Wrzesniewski, S. Ellis, 2011

Article

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Case Studies (6 items)

Glastonbury: The greatest show on Earth - M. Beaumont, 2013Webpage

Glastonbury stakeholder informationWebpage

Stakeholder Capitalism - R. E. Freeman, K. Martin, P. Bidhan, 2007Article

Stakeholder capitalism and the value chain - E. Freeman, J. Liedtka, 1997Article

What is it that only I can do? - J. Fox, 2011Article

Stakeholder prioritization article - for optional further reading

References (6 items)

Creating corporate advantage - 1998Article

Corporate strategy: The quest for parenting advantage - A. Campbell, M. Goold, M.Alexander, 1995

Article

Contemporary strategy analysis - Robert M. Grant, 2013Book

Organizational de-development - P.C. Nutt, 2004Article

A paradox of synergy: Contagion and capacity effects in mergers and acquisitions - J.M.Shaver, 2006

Article

the main authors in this area are Michael Goold, Andrew Campbell and Marcus Alexander.

Week 11: Growing a firm – directions and methods. (13 items) Case study: Starbucks (Moodle)

Starbucks is the most well known coffee company in the world and has diversified fromcoffee shops into other businesses, most of which are coffee related. Consider thefollowing questions;

 

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1. Which market do you think Starbucks should go into next and why (use Ansoff to helpwith idea generation)? What would be an appropriate method of diversifying into thismarket?

 

2. Do you think all of their past diversifications have been the correct decision? Justify youranswer.

Essential Reading (2 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 12 [Evaluating strategies]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 12 [Evaluating strategies]

Additional Reading (1 items)

tbc

Case Studies (4 items)

Contemporary strategy analysis: text and cases - Robert M. Grant, 2013Book | Read pages 445-461 (Starbucks Corporation, April 2012)

Cases to accompany Contemporary strategy analysis - Robert M. Grant, Robert M. Grant,c2010

Book | Notes on Starbucks case study p9-28

Managing strategic alliances: What do we know now, and where do we go from here? - P.Kale, H. Singh, 2009

Article

Cultural clashes in a 'merger of equals': The case of high-tech start-ups - A. Wrzesniewski,S. Ellis, I. Drori, 2011

Article

References (5 items)

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DaimlerChrysler confronts the challenges of global integration: Quantum skills that canneutralize cross-cultural barriers - 2004

Article

DaimlerChrysler cuts 13,000 jobs - 2007Webpage

 

ECS edition 8

 

An overview of strategic alliances - D. Elmuti, Y. Kathawala, 2001Article

When cultures collide: the challenge of global integration - C.D. Shelton, R.F. Hall, J.R.Darling, 2003

Article

Week 12: Evaluating Strategic Options (3 items)Case Study: Starbucks (continued) and Discussion of Previous Week’s Lecture / Presentation.

Referring back to the previous week, you should have come up with a number of possiblefuture diversifications for Starbucks. These can also be referred to as strategic options.Usethe criteria of suitability, feasibility, acceptability to rank your options.

Essential Reading (1 items)Reading before next seminar

Some key features of academic reportsDocument

Additional Reading (1 items)

Look on the web to find examples of reports

Week 13: Report writing workshop: ‘Show and tell’ (12 items)

This seminar will be used to give you a feel for how reports differ from essays. You wereasked to have a look on the web to find different types of reports and observe how theyare structured and written. Using a similar style, write a short report about what you did onyour Christmas break and what you would do differently next time. You should include thefollowing elements;

·         Table of contents

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·         Page numbers

·         Executive summary

·         Main body (made up of sub-headings of your choice)

·         Recommendations.

You can be as creative as you like (eg. tables, diagrams, pictures etc.)

 

Bring your report to the seminar. You will work in small groups to identify 'best practice'and present this to the class.

 

                                Course work surgery

 

This is your opportunity to discuss your work in progress and ask questions about theforthcoming presentations.

Essential Reading (1 items)Reading before next seminar

Catch up

Additional Reading (1 items)

Catch up

References (9 items)

The iron cage revisted: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality inorganizational fields - P.J. DiMaggio, W.W. Powell, 1983

Article

Discourse as a strategic resource - C. Hardy, I. Palmer, N. Phillips, 2000Article

Managerial attitudes towards strategic decisions: maximizing versus satisficing outcomes -E.F. Harrison, M.A. Pelletier, 1997

Article

Levels of strategic decision success - E.F. Harrison, M.A. Pelletier, 2000Article

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,

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PatrickRegner, 2017

Book

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book

Strategy safari: the complete guide through the wilds of strategic management - HenryMintzberg, Bruce W. Ahlstrand, Joseph Lampel, 2009

Book

The "Honda effect" revisited - H. Mintzberg, 1996Article

What is strategy? - M.E. Porter, 1996Article

Week 14: Presentation Group A (6 items)

The first group will present their work in progress of their strategic review. The tutor willgive feedback on some ideas for improvement.  Each student who contributes to thepresentation preparation and takes part in the presentation will be awarded 10% of thecourse work mark. Students who do not contribute to the group preparation OR do not turnup to present will receive 0 marks.

 

                                Good and bad practice in report writing

 

 

We will take a look at a sample of last year's course work submissions. This is to give you afeel for how to structure the course work and to give you a better idea of what is requiredto achieve top marks. 

Essential Reading (2 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegne

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r, 2017Book | Read chapter 13 [Strategy development processes] and the Commentary on Part

1 pp. 190-201 [The strategy lenses]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 13 [Strategy development processes] and the Commentary on Part1 pp. 190-201 [The strategy lenses]

Additional Reading (2 items)

Pixar case study

Of strategies, deliberate and emergent - H. Mintzberg, J. WatersArticle

Video Preparation (1 items)Where do good ideas come from?

How innovation happens - 2010Audio-visual document

Week 15: Presentation Group B (5 items)

The second group will present their work in progress of their strategic review. The tutor willgive feedback on some ideas for improvement.  Each student who contributes to thepresentation preparation and takes part in the presentation will be awarded 10% of thecourse work mark. Students who do not contribute to the group preparation OR do not turnup to present will receive 0 marks.

 

 

Practice & / or case study and Student research & discussion re Strategic ChangeManagement 1

Essential Reading (1 items)

Catch up

Additional Reading (1 items)

Catch up

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Case Studies (2 items)

Strategy: Theory & Practice - S. Clegg, 2011Book | Pixar case study, pp. 194-195

Of strategies, deliberate and emergent - H. Mintzberg, J. WatersArticle

Week 16: Presentation Group C (4 items)

The third group will present their work in progress of their strategic review. The tutor willgive feedback on some ideas for improvement.  Each student who contributes to thepresentation preparation and takes part in the presentation will be awarded 10% of thecourse work mark. Students who do not contribute to the group preparation OR do not turnup to present will receive 0 marks.

 

 

Practice & / or case study and student research & discussion re Strategic ChangeManagement 2 

Essential Reading - To be advised

Additional Reading (2 items)

Kodak case study

Disruptive technologies: Catching the wave - J.L. Bower, C.M. Christensen, 1995Article

Video Preparation - (1 items)Kodak files for bankruptcy

Kodak files for bankruptcy protection - 2012Audio-visual document

Week 17: Presentation Group D (7 items)

The fourth group will present their work in progress of their strategic review. The tutor willgive feedback on some ideas for improvement.  Each student who contributes to thepresentation preparation and takes part in the presentation will be awarded 10% of thecourse work mark. Students who do not contribute to the group preparation OR do not turnup to present will receive 0 marks.

 

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                                Review of video and questions: Kodak (creative destruction)

 

 

Practice & / or case study and student research re Strategic Change Management 3

Essential Reading (1 items)Reading before next seminar

Catch up

Additional Reading (1 items)

Catch up

Case Studies (4 items)

Disruptive technologies: Catching the wave - J.L. Bower, C.M. Christensen, 1995Article

Bankruptcy - Kodak Files For Bankruptcy - 2013Audio-visual document

Book Review - V. Chakraborty, 2013Article

Could Kodak's demise have been averted? - J. Naughton, 2012Article

Week 18: Course work surgery (6 items)

This is one of your final opportunities to ask the tutor for advice about your individualreport. Note, we cannot read drafts but we can answer specific questions. 

Essential Reading (2 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 16 [The practice of strategy]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,

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PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 16 [The practice of strategy]

Additional Reading (2 items)

Strategy in crisis: Knowledge vacuum in practitioners - M. Dandira, 2012Article

How useful are the strategic tools we teach in business schools? - R.P. Wright, S.E.Paroutis, D.P. Blettner, 2013

Article

Video Preparation (1 items)Professor Jarzabkowski on strategy tools in practice

Professor Paula Jarzabkowski on Strategy tools in practiceAudio-visual document

Week 19: Course work surgery (7 items)

This is your final opportunity to ask the tutor for advice about your individual report. Note(again!), we cannot read drafts but we can answer specific questions.

 

 

Essential Reading (2 items)Reading before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 15 [Leadership and strategic change]

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Read chapter 15 [Leadership and strategic change]

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Additional Reading (1 items)

The essentials of strategic change management - N. Tichy, 1983Article

Case Studies (3 items)

Professor Paula Jarzabkowski on Strategy tools in practice - 2012Audio-visual document

Strategy in crisis: Knowledge vacuum in practitioners - M. Dandira, 2012Article

How useful are the strategic tools we teach in business schools? - R.P. Wright, S.E.Paroutis, D.P. Blettner, 2013

Article

Week 20: Strategic change (6 items)Case study: Video NHS (TBC)

Essential Reading (1 items)Reading before next seminar

Strategy through a cultural lens: Learning from managers' experience - G. Johnson, 2000Article

Additional Reading (2 items)

Managing culture change: Can it ever be ethical? - J. Woodall, 1996Article

Concepts of culture and organizational analysis - L. Smircich, 1983Article

Video Preparation (2 items)

The Cultural Web - Implications for StrategyAudio-visual document

The Role of Organisational Culture - 2009Audio-visual document

Case Study (1 items)

The essentials of strategic change management - N. Tichy, 1983

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Article

Week 21: Review of video and questions (the cultural web) (7 items)

Critical discussion about organizational culture.

 

1.       How would you define organizational culture?

 

2.       Is it possible to manipulate the culture of an organization? How might we do this andwhat problems might this entail? 

Essential Reading (1 items)Reading before next seminar

Catch up

Case Studies (5 items)

Johnson 05 The Role of Organisational Culture - 2009Audio-visual document

Johnson 06 The Cultural Web - Implications for Strategy - 2009Audio-visual document

Managing culture change: Can it ever be ethical? - J. Woodall, 1996Article

Concepts of culture and organizational analysis - L. Smircich, 1983Article

Strategy through a cultural lens: Learning from managers' experience - G. Johnson, 2000Article

Week 22: Review of video and questions ( Social Enterprises) (1 items)

 

After watching the Dragon's Den pitch by Richard Earnest, consider the followingquestions;

1.       If you had the money how would you feel about this investment opportunity?  Why?

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2.       Explain Peter Jones' reaction. What do you think is his motivation for his decision?

                               

                                Give out past exam questions.

 

 

A number of past questions will be given out in the seminar. You are expected to write anoutline answer to each of the questions and bring this to the next seminar. You can useyour notes to help you but be aware that the real exam is closed book.

Week 23: Good and bad practice in the strategic management exam:exploring past answers. (7 items)

We will take a look at a sample of previous student exam answers. You will also be given ageneric marking scheme. In small groups you will review the answers and make ajudgement on the 'ball park' mark. This should give you a better feel for the standardrequired to get top marks in the exam.

Essential Reading (2 items)Read before next seminar

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Within chapter 10 [Entrepreneurship and innovation] read section on 'Socialentrepreneurship'

Exploring strategy - Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington, Kevan Scholes, Duncan Angwin,PatrickRegner, 2017

Book | Within chapter 10 [Entrepreneurship and innovation] read section on 'Socialentrepreneurship'

Additional Reading (1 items)

Managing social-business tensions: A review and research agenda for social enterprise -W.K. Smith, M. Gonin, M. Besharov, 2013

Article

Video Preparation (1 items)

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Dragon's Den - Richard Earnest pitchAudio-visual document

Case Studies (2 items)

BBC Dragons Den UK Season 11 Episode 3Audio-visual document

Managing social-business tensions: A review and research agenda for social enterprise -W.K. Smith, M. Gonin, M. Besharov, 2013

Article

Week 24: Go over past exam questions. (1 items)

This is the last seminar of the unit. We will go over some past exam questions. Finally, wewill do a recap of all of the topics covered in the unit.

 

Over to you......

 

Good luck!

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