Strategy in PracticeLaajuus (5 cr)

Learning objectives

-The student understands what constitutes a well-crafted and actionable strategic plan.
- The student learns to comprehend the traditional strategic process and how to make it more agile.
- The student evolves in understanding the problematics related to selecting and using strategic tools.

Contents

The contents may vary somewhat depending on the course implementations. However, in all implementations, the contents aim at the aforementioned learning objectives.

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This course is recommended to be taken after Strategic Thinking and Growth strategies course.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Depending on the implementation, learning takes place in contact lessons, as independent studies, teamwork and/or online-studies.
Learning methods may include dialogic, experimental and collaborative contact lessons, simulation practices, guest lecturers, case studies and the development of the strategy models in the student’s own organization.
If students have acquired the required competence in previous work tasks, recreational activities or on another course, they can show their competence via a demonstration and thus progress faster through their studies.

Assessment criteria - grade 1

- The student can identify aspects related to a well-crafted and actionable strategic plan.
- The student has a rough idea of what the traditional strategic process entails but struggles to address how it can be made more agile.
- The student's understanding of the problematics related to selecting and using strategic tools is clearly lacking.

Assessment criteria - grade 3

- The student understands what constitutes a well-crafted and actionable strategic plan.
- The student knows what the traditional strategic process entails and can to some extent address how it can be made more agile.
- The student's understanding of the problematics related to selecting and using strategic tools is somewhat lacking.

Assessment criteria - grade 5

- The student has an excellent understanding of what constitutes a well-crafted and actionable strategic plan.
- The student demonstrates a first-rate understanding of the traditional strategic process and how it can be made more agile.
- The student exhibits a high-level understanding of the problematics related to selecting and using strategic tools.

Learning materials

Depends on the implementation.

Further information

Depending on the implementation the course may include pre-assignments. Further information will be provided in the Implementation Plan.

When the implementation type of the course is contact, online or blended it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25%, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50%, the course is failed.