COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Applied Strategic Management
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ISL 508
Spring
3
0
3
7.5
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Turkish
Course Type
Required
Course Level
Second Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives Applying managerialist perspective, this course aims at enhancing the knowledge and skills of students about the fundamental concepts of strategic management, environmental scanning, strategy formulation, and strategy implementation and control.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Analyze the main structural features of an industry and different stages of industry evolution.
  • Develop strategies that position the firm in its industry and environment most favorably.
  • Formulate strategies and goals that leverage a firm’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
  • Discuss crucial issues and pitfalls in strategy implementation.
  • Describe strategy making, implementation and control processes as a meaningful whole.
Course Description This course covers various topics related with strategic management and business policy. Basic concepts of strategic management, the issues of corporate governance and social responsibility and ethics are first discussed. Scanning external and internal environment, specifying organizational mission, goals and core competences, formulating corporate and functional strategies, followed by strategy implementation, evaluation and control are the main topics to be discussed. Case studies related with these topics are analyzed. In discussing these topics, the issues of globalization, innovation, sustainability, and applicability of strategic management concepts to Turkish business context are also discussed.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 What is strategy? Reading and Discussion HBR Must 10 Reads on Strategy, (Derleme Kitap). Bölüm-1: Strateji nedir?
2 External Environment Analysis Ülgen H. and Mirze S.K. (2018). İşletmelerde Stratejik Yönetim. Bölüm-3
3 Firm Analysis Ülgen H. and Mirze S.K. (2018). İşletmelerde Stratejik Yönetim. Bölüm-4
4 Situational Analysis and Matrix Ülgen H. and Mirze S.K. (2018). İşletmelerde Stratejik Yönetim. Bölüm-5
5 Guest Speaker
6 Strategy Formulation Ülgen H. and Mirze S.K. (2018). İşletmelerde Stratejik Yönetim. Bölüm-6-7
7 Strategy Formulation Ülgen H. and Mirze S.K. (2018). İşletmelerde Stratejik Yönetim. Bölüm-8-9
8 Midterm
9 Strategy Implementation Ülgen H. and Mirze S.K. (2018). İşletmelerde Stratejik Yönetim. Bölüm-12-13
10 Guest Speaker
11 Strategic Evaluation and Control Ülgen H. and Mirze S.K. (2018). İşletmelerde Stratejik Yönetim. Bölüm-12-13
12 Blue Ocean Strategy HBR Must 10 Reads on Strategy, (Derleme Kitap). Bölüm-3: Mavi okyanus stratejisi
13 Project Presentations
14 Project Presentations
15 Semester Review
16 Final Exam
Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
25
Project
1
15
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
20
Final Exam
1
30
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
30
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
2
32
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
30
Project
1
20
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
25
Final Exams
1
35
    Total
190

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to demonstrate general business knowledge and skills.

X
2

To be able to demonstrate business communication skills effectively.

X
3

To be able to deliver creative and innovative solutions to the business-related problems.

X
4

To be able to evaluate the performance of business organizations through a holistic approach.

X
5

To be able to lead their peers and companies for the achievement of business goals.

X
6

To be able to perform well in teamwork projects and business tasks.

X
7

To be able to exhibit an ethical and socially responsible behavior in conducting research and making business decisions.

X
8

To be able to solve business related problems using analytical and technological tools and techniques.

X
9

To develop a solution to business problems through systematic research.

X
10

To be able to use a foreign language to follow information about the field of finance and participate in discussions in academic environments.

X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest