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David, FR & David, FR 2016, Strategic management: a competitive advantage approach, concepts and cases,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 1 Strategic management essentials, pp. 36-43
Hambrick, DC & Fredrickson, JW 2005, ‘Are you sure you have a strategy?’,
Academy of Management Executive, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 51-62, doi:10.5465/AME.2005.19417907
Kenny, G 2020, 'Don't mistake execution for strategy',
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 7 January, pp. 2-4, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Porter, ME 1997, 'What is strategy?',
Harvard Business Review, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 156-157, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

Optional Readings

Brandenburger, A 2019, ‘Strategy needs creativity’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 58-65, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
David, FR & David, FR 2016, Strategic management: a competitive advantage approach, concepts and cases,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 1 Strategic management essentials, pp. 46-48
Chapter 5 Vision and mission analysis

Core Readings

Blount, S & Leinwand, P 2019, ‘Why are we here?’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 97, no. 6, pp. 132-139, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
David, FR & David, FR 2016, Strategic management: a competitive advantage approach, concepts and cases,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 5 Vision and mission analysis
Jaworski, D 2018, Microsoft secrets: an insider’s view of the rocket ride from worst to first and lessons learned on the journey,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 4 The power of a shared vision
Kim, WC & Mauborgne, R 2004, ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 82, no. 10, pp. 76-84, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

Optional Readings

Bernard, M 2021, ‘How to create a strategy for lasting change’,
Personal Excellence, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 24-25, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Collis, DJ 2021, ‘Why do so many strategies fail?’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 82-93, viewed 6 August 2024, Business Source Complete.
Nawaz, S 2021, ‘5 reasons your employees don’t understand your company’s vision’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 7 September, pp. 1-5, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Satell, G & Windschitl, C 2021, ‘High-performing teams start with a culture of shared values’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 11 May, pp. 1-6, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Whittinghill, J 2020, ‘Purpose in a digital organization’,
People & Strategy, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 40-45, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

Core Readings

David, FR & David, FR 2016, Strategic management: a competitive advantage approach, concepts and cases,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 6 The internal audit, pp. 178-181
Chapter 7 The external audit, pp. 219-229
Porter, M 2008, 'The five competitive forces that shape strategy',
Harvard Business Review, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 78-93, 137, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
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Core Readings

David, FR & David, FR 2016, Strategic management: a competitive advantage approach, concepts and cases,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 4 Types of strategies, pp. 134-138
Chapter 11 Strategy monitoring, pp. 369-370
Kaplan, RS & McMillan, D 2021, ‘Reimagining the balanced scorecard for the ESG era’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 3 February, pp. 1-10, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Savitz, A 2014, The triple bottom line: how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success - and how you can too,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 15 The emerging mulitpurpose company

Optional Reading

Shelton, J 2021, ‘The balanced scorecard’,
Facility Management Journal / FMJ, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 113-117, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

Core Readings

Campbell, A, Whitehead, J & Finkelstein, S 2009, ‘Why good leaders make bad decisions’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 60-66, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
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Carucci, R & Lancefield, D 2021, ‘Every leader has flaws. Don’t let yours derail your strategy’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 29 September, pp. 1-8, viewed 9 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Olson, AK & Simerson, BK 2015, Leading with strategic thinking: four ways effective leaders gain insight, drive change, and get results,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of strategic thinking and leadership

Core Readings

Olson, AK & Simerson, BK 2015, Leading with strategic thinking: four ways effective leaders gain insight, drive change, and get results,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 3 Examples of strategic leadership
Savitz, A 2014, The triple bottom line: how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success - and how you can too,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 15 The emerging mulitpurpose company
SciShow 2016, How Decision Making is Actually Science: Game Theory Explained,
online video, viewed 9 February 2022, <https://youtu.be/MHS-htjGgSY>.

Optional Reading

Brandenburger, AM & Nalebuff, BJ 1995, ‘The right game: use game theory to shape strategy’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 57-71, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

Core Readings

David, FR & David, FR 2016, Strategic management: a competitive advantage approach, concepts and cases,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 4 Types of strategies, pp 124-131
Kasahara, E 2015, Practical strategic managment: how to apply strategic thinking in business,
eBook, viewed 10 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 2.1 Corporate strategy

Optional Readings

McDonald's diversification strategy 2016,
Spencer Elston, online video, viewed 10 February 2022, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuS5_ZAUT68>.
Riley, J 2017, Business growth strategy: horizontal and vertical integration,
tutor2u, online video, viewed 10 February 2022, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOO4ClVUrkw>.

Core Readings

Chakravorti, B 2016, ‘Unilever’s big strategic bet on the Dollar Shave Club’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 28 July, pp. 2-5, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
David, FR & David, FR 2016, Strategic management: a competitive advantage approach, concepts and cases,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 4 Types of strategies, pp. 138-141
Dyer, JH, Kale, P & Singh, H 2004, ‘When to ally and when to acquire’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 82, no. 7/8, pp. 108-115, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Gomes-Casseres, B 2018, ‘How mergers change the way your company competes’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 6 December, pp. 2-5, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Mallette, F & Goddard, J 2018, 'Why companies are using M&A to transform themselves, not just to grow',
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 16 June, pp. 2-5, viewed 27 June 2022, Business Source Complete.

Optional Readings

Christensen, CM, Alton, R, Rising, C & Waldeck, A 2011, The new M&A playbook,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 89, no.3, pp.48-57, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

Core Readings

Alexander, M & Korine, H 2008, ‘When you shouldn’t go global’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 86, no. 12, pp. 70-77, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
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Brennan, L 2018, ‘How Netflix expanded to 190 countries in 7 years’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 12 October, pp. 16-20, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Fannin, R 2019, ‘The strategy behind TikTok’s global rise’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 13 September, pp. 2-5, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

Core Readings

Alvarez-Miranda, M & Watkins, MD 2021, ‘How new CEOs can balance strategy and execution’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 13 July, pp. 1-6, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
David, FR & David, FR 2016, Strategic management: a competitive advantage approach, concepts and cases,
eBook, viewed 9 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 9 Strategy implementation
Stowell, SJ & Mead, SS 2016, The art of strategic leadership: how leaders at all levels prepare themselves, their teams, and organizations for the future,
eBook, viewed 10 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 12 The art of vision
Chapter 13 The art of strategic leadership
Yohn, DL 2021, ‘Company culture Is everyone’s responsibility’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 8 February, pp. 1-8, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

Optional Reading

Vermeulen, F 2017, ‘Many strategies fail because they’re not actually strategies’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 8 November, pp. 2-5, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

Core Readings

Anand, N & Barsoux, JL 2017, ‘What everyone gets wrong about change management’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 95, no. 6, pp. 78-85, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Cameron, E & Green, M 2020, Making sense of change management: a complete guide to the models, tools and techniques of organizational change,
5th edn, eBook, viewed 5 August 2024, EBSCO eBooks.
Chapter 3 Organizational change
Heracleous, L, Terrier, D & Gonzalez, S 2018, ‘The reinvention of NASA’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 23 April, pp. 2-6, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.
Schaffer, RH 2017, ‘All management Is change management’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 26 October, pp. 2-4, viewed 10 February 2022, Business Source Complete.

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Bachelor of Business : BUMAN301A Strategic Management

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