Numbering Code	P-MGT75 50021 LE44	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture, discussion, teamwork
Target Year		Target Student
Language	English	Day/Period	Tue.3
Instructor name	COLPAN，Meziyet Asli (Graduate School of Management Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	The objective of this course is to provide systematic knowledge necessary for a manager to formalize corporate and business strategy. The course will look at basic theoretical and conceptual arguments related to strategic management. It will be conducted via case analyses of companies.
Course Goals	The objective of this course is to provide systematic knowledge for formulating strategy from an international perspective. The course provides a thorough understanding of strategy issues as experienced by managers: ■ A firm’s external and internal environment and how to sustain competitive advantages. ■ Factors that affect a firm’s choice of vertical and horizontal scope and organizational design. ■ Corporate governance and the market for corporate control. The classroom learning will enable students to comprehend and apply the abovementioned concepts and practices and give them the ability to analyze how firms develop and sustain competitive advantages over time.
Schedule and Contents	The course will utilize HBS cases on international companies from comparative perspectives. It will invite guest corporate executives to share their experiences on relevant topics for discussion. Video-clips will be occasionally employed to illustrate particular points discussed in the lecture. Course schedule is as follows (A detailed syllabus will be distributed on the first week of the class). 1. Course overview 2. External environment of the firm 3. Internal environment of the firm 4-5. Business-level strategy 6-9. Corporate-level strategy Related diversification Unrelated diversification (business groups) Unrelated diversification (conglomerates) 10. Strategic alliances 11. Corporate governance 12-13. Guest executive speakers 14. Course review and wrap-up 15. Final exam
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Active class participation (30%), team presentation and team report: 30%, Final exam: 40%
Course Requirements	Basic knowledge of management, and interest in case analysis. 　　　　　　　 For potential non-registered audit students, please consult the professor before the class starts. Please note that the number of audit students will be limited.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Students will be organized into teams. Teamwork will consist of your team’s short presentation of particular cases (at most 2 cases) and one report of an assignment case.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Copies of reading assignments will be distributed.
References, etc.	－Harvard Business School cases. －Hitt, Michael A., R. Duane Ireland, and Robert E. Hoskisson, Strategic Management Competitiveness and Globalization, Concepts and Cases, 7th edition (Mason, Ohio: South-Western, 2013). －Besanko, David et al., Economics of Strategy, 2nd edition (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2001). －Barney, Jay B., Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage, 2nd edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2002).