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Business & Management · Year 3 · Operations, strategy and innovation
S6 Strategy and innovation
Analyse competition, build growth and corporate strategy, lead the organisation and manage innovation.
218hours of coursework
22weeks at 10 h
3steps
16new courses
2universities
Target skills
- Competitive analysis and growth strategy
- Corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions
- Team leadership and culture
- Creativity, strategic innovation and entrepreneurship
- Strategic planning and execution
- Writing a reasoned dissertation
Semester project
A final dissertation (15 to 20 pages): the strategic plan of a real company, or the launch plan for a new venture.
Courses this semester
- 1University of VirginiaBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Foundations of Business Strategy Beginner 9 h 4.8 (3,430) Advanced Business Strategy Beginner 10 h 4.8 (1,175) Business Growth Strategy — 11 h 4.7 (727) Strategic Planning and Execution — 11 h 4.7 (920) Business Strategy in Practice (Project-centered Course) — 12 h 4.7 (220) - 2University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Leading Teams: Developing as a Leader Beginner 14 h 4.8 (6,700) Leading Teams: Building Effective Team Cultures Beginner 14 h 4.8 (2,491) Designing the Organizationalready taken Beginner 13 h 4.7 (1,776) Managing the Organizationalready taken Beginner 13 h 4.8 (1,553) Business Strategy Intermediate 19 h 4.8 (2,100) Corporate Strategy Intermediate 11 h 4.7 (1,196) Strategic Leadership and Management Capstone Beginner 12 h 4.7 (395) - 3University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Strategic Innovation: Building and Sustaining Innovative Organizations Beginner 14 h 4.8 (1,311) Strategic Innovation: Managing Innovation Initiatives Beginner 14 h 4.8 (742) Creativity Toolkit I: Changing Perspectives Beginner 21 h 4.8 (658) Creativity Toolkit II: Creative Collaboration Beginner 22 h 4.8 (414) Entrepreneurship I: Laying the Foundation Beginner 12 h 4.8 (1,334) Entrepreneurship II: Preparing for Launch Beginner 12 h 4.8 (771)
Reading
Mastering Strategic ManagementUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingEnvironmental analysis, competitive advantage, corporate strategy and implementation.Free, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Principles of ManagementOpenStaxPlanning, organising, leading and controlling: the basis of strategy and organisation.Free (OpenStax)
Things to watch
- Designing the Organization and Managing the Organization, already taken in S2, are counted once.
- The dissertation brings together the skills of all six semesters: marketing, management, HR, operations and strategy.
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