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Tomi Nokelainen

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Person responsible:

Tomi Nokelainen

	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Period 5	Summer
Lecture	-	-	3 h/week	-	-	-
Exam

(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
To familiarize the student with the central theoretical perspectives and the vocabulary of strategic management. To familiarize the student with the tasks and objectives of strategic management in a company.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	The objectives of strategic management in theory and in practice. The contents of the notion of strategy.	Different interpretations concerning the objectives of strategic management.	Theoretical grounds of the different interpretations concerning the objectives of strategic management.
2.	Central frames of reference concerning the external environment of a company with regard to strategic management.	Theoretical grounds of the central frames of reference concerning the external environment of a company.	Primary proponents of the central frames of reference concerning the external environment of a company.
3.	Central frames of reference concerning the internal aspects of a company with regard to strategic management.	Theoretical grounds of the central frames of reference concerning the internal aspects of a company.	Primary proponents of the central frames of reference concerning the internal aspects of a company.
4.	The stages and aims of a strategy process.	Alternatives to the standard notion of a strategy process.	Corporate governance.
5.	Stakeholder perspective and ethical considerations in strategic management.	Different views on the importance of the stakeholder perspective and ethical considerations in strategic management.	Theoreticel grounds of different views on the importance of the stakeholder perspective and ethical considerations in strategic management.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Prerequisites

Code	Course	Credits	M/R
TETA-1016	TETA-1016 Basics of Industrial Management	4	Mandatory

Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

Remarks

Distance learning

- In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
- In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
- In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
- The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

- Contact teaching: 30 %
- Distance learning: 0 %
- Proportion of a student's independent study: 70 %

Scaling

Methods of instruction	Hours
Lectures	45
Assignments	27

Other scaled	Hours
New tools and study methods	4
Preparation for exam	25
Total sum	101

Correspondence of content
TETA-2606 Corporate Strategy

Last modified	27.02.2007
Modified by	Sanna Nokelainen