Strategic Management

2025/2026

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

Delivered at:

Department of Management

Course type:

Elective course

When:

3 year, 3, 4 module

Instructor

Zakharova, Aleksandra

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course provides an overview of the base of strategic management. Students learn to use strategic analysis tools to estimate the strategic position of the organization and making strategic choices. This course is intended to know concepts of strategic management and understand how businesses become successful by leveraging their competitive advantages.The course invites students with terms and concepts of strategic management, so that they can be used in future work. The course exposes students to the theories, principles, and practices that are important for successful Strategic Management of organizations today. Topics include theory of strategic management, the concept of strategies and the tools of strategic analysis, concept of business models and different levels of strategies (corporate strategy, business strategy and functional strategies); there are into organization structure and management systems. Students develop appreciation for different aspects of the strategic management and the challenging tasks and roles of managers at different levels of organizations.The course combines lectures and interactive seminars to promote student critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The course assignments are based on current literature in Strategic Management and on-line resources and include individual and group work.