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l01 Introduction Rel 6
l01 Introduction Rel 6
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BITS Pilani WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING PROGRAMMES
Work Integrated Learning
Programmes Division
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W E L C O ME
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BITS Pilani, Deemed to be University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956
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C02 To study and apply Strategic Management frameworks & tools to analyse,
formulate & implement Strategies
C03 To evaluate Strategic Goals Vs Results, Define processes & metrics to monitor
and improve performance.
L01 Ability to Think Strategically and take decisions, execute plans &
sustain competitive advantage.
L02 Reflect on strategic frameworks and apply them in practice
situations to analyse, evaluate and create value for customers
L03 Strategic Leadership to build unique positioning & capabilities and
shape the culture of Innovation & Excellence
L04 Knowledge & Preparedness to manage conflicting, uncertain &
disruptive situations.
Syllabus for mid-semester exam: Topics in Lecture No. 1 to 10 (as per the course handout)
Syllabus for Comprehensive Exam : All topics including readings and case studies
T1 Wheelen, Thomas L. and J. David Hunger, Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy, Pearson Education, TEXT
13 ed.
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BOOK
R1 Azhar Kazmi, Strategic Management and Business Policy, Tata McGraw Hill, 3/e. REFERENCE
R2 Thompson, Arthur A., Peteraf, Margaret A., Gamble, John E., Strickland, A.J. and Jain, BOOKS
Arun K. Crafting and Executing Strategy, McGraw Hill Education, 19e.
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R3 Fred R David, Strategic Management – Concepts and Cases, Pearson, 13th ed.
OTHER
Articles, Cases, Videos Please refer the Course handout for details RESOURCES
7 Strategy Implementation
8 Corporate Governance
Source: https://www.google.co.in/search?q=strategic+thinking+framework&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixqMe7_ozdAhWNV30KHThbDSEQ_AUICigB&biw=931&bih=650#imgrc=6_t3MJbLzPbH9M:
1. Only the shape of the future can be predicted 1. Future is predictable and specifiable in detail
2. Formulation and implementation are interactive rather 2. The roles of formulation and implementation can
than sequential and discrete be neatly divided
3. Lower-level managers have a voice in strategy-making, as 3. Senior executives obtain the needed information
well as greater latitude to respond opportunistically to from lower-level managers, and then use it to
developing conditions create a plan which is, in turn, disseminated to
managers for implementation.
4. Relies on self-reference & a sense of strategic intent 4. Asserts control through measurement systems,
and purpose embedded in the minds of managers assuming that organizations can measure and
throughout the organization that guides their choices monitor important variables both accurately and
on a daily basis in a process that is often difficult to quickly
measure and monitor from above.
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5. All managers understand the larger system, 5. Lower-level managers need only know his or
the connection between their roles and the her own role well and can be expected to
functioning of that system, as well as the defend only his or her own turf.
interdependence between the various roles that
comprise the system
6. Sees strategy and change as inescapably linked and 6. The challenge of setting strategic direction
assumes that finding new strategic options is primarily analytic
and implementing them successfully is harder and
more important than evaluating them.
7. Sees the planning process itself as a 7. Focus is on the creation of the plan as
critical value-adding element. the ultimate objective.
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