Universität Wien

040020 KU Business Strategy (MA) (2018S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

1 Keck , Moodle
2 Reitzig , Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
Registration information is available for each group.

Groups

Group 1

max. 50 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 30.05. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 01.06. 11:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 07.06. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 13.06. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 15.06. 13:15 - 18:15 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

Pre-requisites:
Bachelor’s degree in business, admission to the Master's programme

Please note that choosing our Minor/Major will entail costs based on external business case studies, for which license fees must be paid.
Please calculate the following:
Minor: ca. 35 EUR
Major: an additional approx. 35 EUR

Note: while we seek to maintain course descriptions on these course catalogue pages as updated as possible, kindly note that legally binding information on our classes will ultimately be published on our websites (see http://strategy.univie.ac.at/students/ for details)

• Learn about appropriate tools and frameworks to analyze a firm’s business strategy.
• Apply analytical frameworks to real-world case studies.
• Lean how companies can deal with disruptive changes in their external environment and why some companies succeed or fail in doing this.
• Gain the ability to develop business strategies and make recommendations on how to improve existing ones.

Assessment and permitted materials

Please note that you will start working on the group project during our fourth session so it is essential that you attend this session. You will have 24h to complete the project (including class time).
The topic for the individual final project will be given to you on the day after our last session and you will have 24h to complete it.

Group 2

max. 50 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 07.03. 13:15 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 08.03. 13:15 - 18:15 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 15.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 21.03. 13:15 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 22.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 22.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

Pre-requisites:
Bachelor’s degree in business, admission to the Master's programme

Please note that choosing our Minor/Major will entail costs based on external business case studies, for which license fees must be paid.
Please calculate the following:
Minor: ca. 35 EUR
Major: an additional approx. 35 EUR

Note: while we seek to maintain course descriptions on these course catalogue pages as updated as possible, kindly note that legally binding information on our classes will ultimately be published on our websites (see http://strategy.univie.ac.at/students/ for details)
• Learn about appropriate tools and frameworks to analyze a firm’s business strategy.
• Apply analytical frameworks to real-world case studies.
• Lean how companies can deal with disruptive changes in their external environment and why some companies succeed or fail in doing this.
• Gain the ability to develop business strategies and make recommendations on how to improve existing ones.

Assessment and permitted materials

Please note that you will start working on the group project during our seventh and eigth session so it is essential that you attend this session. You will until 22hrs on the 4th day of our encounters to complete the project (including class time).
The topic for the individual final project will be given to you on the day after our last session and you will have 24h to complete it.

Information

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Your final grade will be determined based on three components:
Class participation (max 25 points)
Group project (max 30 points)
Individual final paper (max 45 points):
You need to achieve a total of at least 50 points in order to pass the class.

Examination topics

Lectures, cases, class discussions;
Language: The course is held in English

Reading list

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:28