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Copenhagen Business School

Strategy Formulation

The purpose of this course is to present, analyze and discuss the different facets of business strategy formulation. Emphasizing that strategy can be seen as a unified theme that provides coherence and direction to the actions and decisions of a firm, we will cover a variety of business strategy topics concerned with firm positioning in the context of different markets, industries and locations. At the end of the course, you will be able to: - Identify why a strong strategy is essential for the future business success - Formulate a business strategy that suits the needs and visions of your organization - Explain why managers too often formulate sub-optimal strategies - Extrapolate measures to optimize current business strategies Workload: 2-4 hours per week.

Status: Strategic Leadership
Status: Strategic Planning
Course17 hours

Featured reviews

BS

5.0Reviewed Mar 24, 2020

Great refreshing course and highly recommended. Case studies are excellent example reflecting on real and true scenarios that we can apply in our professional jobs.

MA

4.0Reviewed Jan 27, 2019

Need to have more framework for strategic monitoring . I prefer to re-write strategic decision and demonstrate any tool or framework which can be used to make a strategic decision

AS

5.0Reviewed Sep 19, 2017

was enjoying the fresh and easy approach.Simply and clearly formulated rules. Find out many new and interesting ideas for future developments

LT

5.0Reviewed Mar 21, 2018

Gives a broad & comprehensive perspective on business environment, challenges & important points to analyse. Pleasant lectures & extremely interestin business videos

LS

4.0Reviewed Oct 16, 2018

It is interesting course and well presented and communicated. However, I think that asking for 4 peer reviews, is a bit too much and causing for delays in graduation.

DO

4.0Reviewed Oct 4, 2016

Contetnt is great, however sometimes it was really hard to listen presenter and see repeating gestures that confuses and not clear where is the main point.

ML

4.0Reviewed Apr 14, 2020

I think the content is good, and the exxercises are in line with the content. Though a couple of links were broken so I would recommend revising this.

SK

4.0Reviewed Oct 2, 2017

great course. re-open my eyes on the subject matter. the course examples were great, but I would suggest refreshing them for recent years.

OO

5.0Reviewed Mar 12, 2017

Excellent course with rich content and accurate delivery method. The subject was well delivered with simple analysis and pertinent references from real live business environment

SR

5.0Reviewed Feb 24, 2016

This was a tough one. Thank you for adopting case studies like Vestas and Carlsberg to help us understand various aspects of formulation. More importantly, pitfalls to be avoided.

OV

5.0Reviewed May 30, 2016

Excellent learning experience. Excellence use of forum (next to Quizzes) for self reflection on new knowledge and interactions with other students.

EL

4.0Reviewed Jun 11, 2017

Great content, but the pace was a little slow in terms of content presentation. Absolutely recommended to all professionals involved with a company strategy in any level!

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