PV237 Strategy and Leadership

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Matteo Olivieri (lecturer), RNDr. Zdenko Staníček, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Silvie Klimo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Kacvinský (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Kitner (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Luděk Matyska, CSc.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of this course is to help students think through real world issues at a strategic level, to let them familiarise with strategic tools, and to sensitise them to the social, political, and ethical conditions that help shape decision making processes. On completion of the course, students should have gained: An awareness of what a strategic analysis can do to achieve a performance; An understanding of what makes people capable of joint performance; An appreciation of why organizations should have simple, clear, and unifying objectives; An ability to think through, set, and exemplify an organization’s values, and goals; A sensitivity to formulate strategies which are aligned to a coherent leadership model.
Syllabus
  • This course aims to provide an understanding of S&L in decision-making process by organizations. The first part of the course examines fundamental strategic concepts, such as mission and vision, and shows how to construct a coherent narrative which offers a critical source of information to company’s stakeholders. The second part of the course tackles the pros and cons of the main leadership theories and focuses on the coherence between strategy and leadership. Above all else, the course will cover: The basic concepts of strategy and leadership as they relate to organizations; The analysis of strategy choices facing organizations; The impact of ideas on real world.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KIM, W. Chan and Renée MAUBORGNE. Strategie modrého oceánu : umění vytvořit si svrchovaný tržní prostor a vyřadit tak konkurenty ze hry. Translated by Irena Grusová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Management Press, 2005, 236 s. ISBN 8072611283. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussion sessions, class meetings, presentation.
Assessment methods
Short presentation during the lectures, and a maximum 3 pages take home essay due at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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