GREATER NOIDA
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT
COURSE OUTLINE
COURSE TITLE: Strategic Management, (Revised May, 2012) TRIMESTER – V YEAR : PGDM (2011 - 2013)
INSTRUCTOR : Kamaljit Sodhi
1.0 Course Description: The course is designed to give the student an overview of the organisation and an understanding about how organisational functions do not operate in silos and are in fact integrated despite the functional leanings. It also provides an insight into how they need to compete, grow and survive in a cut throat environment. The course also looks at Organisation design which is critical to policy implementation and control to fulfill the strategic needs of the fast paced corporate world.
2.0 Course Objectives
1. Introduce the student to the basic concepts underlying the strategic management process.
2. Understanding corporate, business & functional strategies.
3. Equip the student with the essential skills needed to examine an organization as a total entity.
4. Apprise the student with the different facets of implementation of strategy
3.0 Course Pre-requisites: Basic knowledge of the functional areas of management
4.0 Course Outcomes:
After completion of this course the students will be able to:
1. Develop strategies for organisational growth and competition, with its importance in steering an organization along a path of sustainable competitive advantage.
2. Develop an insight into organisation structures/ design and the need for flexible organizations.
3. Understand the important role of decision making at entry level and implementation.
5.0 Prescribed Text:
• Strategic Management – A South Asian Perspective - Hitt ,Ireland, Hoskisson, Mani kutty , Cengage Learning, 9th Edition.
6.0 Additional References:
• Strategic Management and Business Policy, Ninth Edition by Thomas L. Wheelen and J. David Hunger, 10th Edition,