International Strategic Management

llsms2123  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

International Strategic Management
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
De Jaegere Tanguy; Duplat Valérie; Paque Bernard;
Language
English
Prerequisites
Because this is an advanced course in strategic management, this course is pitched at a level that assumes some familiarity with the foundations of strategic management.
Main themes
  • Business-level strategy
  • Corporate-level strategy
  • Alliances, joint venture acquisitions   
  • Internationalization stratégies
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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During their programme, students of the LSM Master¿s in management or Master¿s in Business engineering will have developed the following capabilities¿

CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

  • Decide and act responsibly,  while taking into account the social, economic and environmental sometimes antinomic, outcomes in the short, medium and long term, for the various stakeholders.

KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING

 

  • Activate and apply the acquired knowledge accordingly to solve a problem.

WORK EFFECTIVELY IN AN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

  • Position and understand the functioning of an organization, in its local and international socio-economic dimensions and identify the associated strategic issues and operational decisions.

TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP

  • Work in a team :Join in and collaborate with team members. Be open and take into consideration the different points of view and ways of thinking, manage differences and conflicts constructively, accept diversity.

COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

  • Express a clear and structured message, both orally and in writing in their mother tongue, in English and ideally, in a third language, adapted to the audience and using context specific communication standards.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
  • Business and corporate strategy, competitive advantage, portfolio management.
  • The organization and its internal resources as factors of competitive advantage.
  • Cooperative strategies: collaborations, alliances joint-venture.
  • This course is a blend of class lectures related to multiple mandatory readings, dialogue with and among students, and intensive group-project works.
Evaluation methods
Continuous evaluation
  • Date: 3 deadline during Q1
  • Type of evaluation: BOSS simulation
  • Comments: par 5 étudiants (20%)
Evaluation week
  • Oral: No
  • Written: 2h QCM (50%)
  • Unavailability or comments:  more group work by 2 students (30%)
Examination session
  • Oral: No
  • Written: No
  • Unavailability or comments: No
Online resources
http://icampus.uclouvain.be/claroline/course/index.php?cid=LSMS2103
Bibliography
  • Reference list : distributed during the course.
  • Lecture slides :avalable on Moodle
Faculty or entity
CLSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Management

Master [120] in Business Engineering

Master [120] in Management

Master [120] in Business Engineering