Module manager: Louise Kilburn
Email: L.H.Kilburn@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Strategy is vital for businesses, shaping their direction and relationships with the internal and external environment. The effective implementation and alignment of corporate strategy to the overall context significantly impact a firm's performance. This module emphasizes understanding the importance of strategy in a global context, covering information, analyses, organizational processes, and skills needed for strategic decision-making. It also develops confidence in digital skills through online research, assignment preparation, and interactive engagement with peers.
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the main concepts and processes in strategic management.
The objectives of this module are to enable you to:
1. To introduce key theoretical concepts, tools and frameworks useful for analysing the external and internal environment of the firm.
2. To enable students to develop strategic awareness as well as ability to evaluate applicable managerial decisions and actions.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Analyse the internal and external forces impacting organisational strategies.
2. Evaluate the resources, capabilities, and constraints of an organisation when developing sustainable strategies.
3. Apply relevant strategic tools and techniques within an organisational context.
4. Critically analyse contemporary issues relating to the implementation of organisational strategies.
Skills Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
SO1The ability to understand what makes a business or organisation successful, and an awareness of the wider strategic environment within which it operates. (Work Ready)
SO2. Understand and evaluate multiple strategic outcomes; their own visions for the future; applies the precautionary principle; assesses the consequences of strategic actions; deals with risks and changes; uses strategic scenario planning (Sustainability)
SO3. Developing and applying a breadth of knowledge to assess the consequences and impact of strategic ideas, opportunities and actions (Enterprise)
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 11 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
| Independent online learning hours | 83.5 | ||
| Private study hours | 100 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 16.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Through tutorials, monitoring of student contributions, formative feedback and staged submission of coursework. Drafts can be submitted in line with tutor deadlines. Peer feedback on in-class activities and online discussion
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 2,500-word report | 50 |
| Poster Presentation | 20-minute Academic Poster Presentation + 750-word accompanying statement | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 23/04/2025
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