The Concept of Strategy

concepts

• definitions of strategy
• the need for a strategy
• from corporate planning to strategic management
• documents with strategy
• the basic framework for strategy analysis 
• corporate and business strategy
• strategic fit
• types of strategies
• basic strategy analysis

reading

• Textbook: pp. 1–17.
• Grant, R. (2014). Contemporary strategy analysis: pp. 3–28.

concepts

• basing strategy
• sources of profit
• identifying resources
• identifying capabilities
• strategy implications
• Seminar
• process models of change
• leading change

reading

• Textbook: pp.  18–29.
  
• Hayes, J. (2014). The theory and practice of change management: pp. 1–42.
• Burnes, B. (2004). Kurt Lewin and complexity theory: Back to the future?, Journal of Change Management, 4(4): 309–25.

Recognizing the Need for Change and Starting the Change Proces

concepts

• the gradualist paradigm
• the punctuated equilibrium paradigm
  • the deep structure, equilibrium periods, revolutionary periods
• a typology of organizational change
• balanced scorecard
• strategy implications

reading

• Textbook: pp.  30–36.
• Hayes, J. (2014). The theory and practice of change management: pp. 46–118.
• Koski, C., & Workman, S. (2018). Drawing practical lessons from punctuated equilibrium theory. Policy & Politics, 46(2), 293-308.