Management Tools, English

Faculty

Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences

Version

Version 20.0 of 01/30/2023

Code of Module

22B0751

Modulename (german)

Management Tools, English

Study Programmes
  • Betriebswirtschaft und Management - WiSo (B.A.)
  • Volkswirtschaftslehre (B.A.)
Level of Module

2

Content

Part I: Introduction
1.Terms: Understanding each other
2.Overall View: Understanding strategy development
3.The linkage: tools and concepts

Part II: Analysis: The Strategic Position
4.Concepts: JIT, quality, benchmarking, value chain, SCM
5.Tools to define the environment
6.Tools to identify the strategic capability
7.Tools to reveal expectations and purposesPart III: Alternatives: Strategic Choices
8.Concepts: growth, globalisation, mergers, acquisitions and alliances
9.Tools at corporate level
10.Tools at business level
11.Tools to choose directions and methods of development

Part IV: Implementation: Strategy into Action
12.Concepts: project management, strategy in the new millennium
13.Tools to enable success
14.Tools to manage strategic change

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Broadening
Students who successfully complete this module are able to

- present tools to design a strategy and to develop business organisations strategically.
- interpret alternative tools to make a choice.
- outline consequences of strategic decisions.
Knowledge Deepening
Students who successfully complete this module are able to

- apply tools to implement a strategic development successfully.
- identify and interpret strategic issues in different contexts.
- realise how strategy development can be seen, how processes can be understood and what the implications are for strategy development.
- differentiate between strategic management in different contexts.
Instrumental Skills and Competences
Students who successfully complete this module are able to

- apply techniques of strategic analysis.
- apply techniques to select adequate strategies.
- apply techniques to implement strategy.
Communicative Skills and Competences
Students who successfully complete this module are able to

- use different viewpoints on strategy to explain observable processes in organisations.
- explain implications of different scenarios and different strategies
Systemic Skills and Competences

Mode of Delivery

Lectures, illustrations/case studies, video, independent work, coaching, e-learning, e-monitoring, working in teams, presentations, round table discussions

Expected Knowledge and/or Competences

sound knowledge in primary and secondary activities of the value chain

Responsible of the Module

Hofmann, Kay Hendrik

Lecturer(s)
  • Hofmann, Kay Hendrik
  • Kaur-Lahrmann, Ravinder
  • Halstrup, Dominik
  • Frie, Jan
Credits

5

Concept of Study and Teaching
Workload Dozentengebunden
Std. WorkloadLehrtyp
35Vorlesungen
10Vorlesungen
Workload Dozentenungebunden
Std. WorkloadLehrtyp
105Hausarbeiten
Recommended Reading

Johnson, G., Whittington, R., Scholes, K. Angwin, D. and Regner, P. (2014), Exploring Strategy - Text and Cases, 10th edition, Pearson

Keuning, D.(1998), Management - A Contemporary Approach, Pitman

van den Berg, G. and Pietersma, P. (2015), Key Management Models: The 75+ Models Every Manager Needs to Know, 3rd edition, Pearson

Graded Exam
  • Portfolio exam
  • Two-Hour Written Examination
Assessment Methods Remark

reflects the contents and methods of the semester work, documented in the learning outcomes and assesses how the learning outcomes have been achieved

Duration

1 Term

Module Frequency

Winter and Summer Term

Language of Instruction

English