Code
MPFE STR 7502
Level
M2
Field
Stratégie
Language
Anglais/English
ECTS Credits
2,5
Class hours
27
Total student load
40
Program Manager(s)
Department
- Management, Marketing et Stratégie
Educational team
Introduction to the module
There are different theories and frameworks explaining how a firm can get and sustain a competitive advantage. They often rely on different assumptions and put the emphasis on specific aspects, and so come up with different explanations about the same phenomenon. As a consequence, students are often lost as they don't understand (or have forgotten) the particular stance of each theory.
Learning goals/Programme objectives
- LG1 Being able to extend digital intelligence through its different dimensions
- LG3 Having the foundations of responsible and sustainable management
- LG4 Having access to different cross disciplinary management approaches and tools
Learning objectives/Intended learning outcomes
- 1.3 - Develop competitiveness in business, and digital sovereignty
- 3.1 - Understand and employ basic concepts, knowledge and theories related to the discipline
- 3.2 - Apply discipline knowledge appropriately and effectively
- 3.3 - Identify the boudaries of the discipline and possible cross-disciplinary connections
Content : structure and schedule
The strategic Management approach
The Industrial organisation approach
The Resource and competence approach
The transaction Costs approach
The Network Approach
Sustainable Development Goals
8 - Travail décent et croissance économique
9 - Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
Number of SDG's addressed among the 17
2
Learning delivery
synchrone
Pedagogical methods
Conferences, article sumaries, case studies
Evaluation and grading system and catch up exams
Continuous assessment 50%
Final test: 50%
Attendance obligatory
Catch-up exam or assignment
Module Policies
Professor-Student Communication
● The professor will contact the students through their school email address (IMT-BS/TSP) and the Moodle portal. No communication via personal email addresses will take place. It is the student responsibility to regularly check their IMT-BS/TSP mailbox.
● Students can communicate with the professor by emailing him/her to his institutional address. If necessary, it is possible to meet the professor in his office during office-hours or by appointment.
Students with accommodation needs
If a student has a disability that will prevent from completing the described work or require any kind of accommodation, he may inform the program director (with supporting documents) as soon as possible. Also, students are encouraged to discuss it with the professor.
Class behavior
● Out of courtesy for the professor and classmates, all mobile phones, electronic games or other devices that generate sound should be turned off during class.
● Students should avoid disruptive and disrespectful behavior such as: arriving late, leaving early, careless behavior (e.g. sleeping, reading a non-course material, using vulgar language, over-speaking, eating, drinking, etc.). A warning may be given on the first infraction of these rules. Repeated violators will be penalized and may face expulsion from the class and/or other disciplinary proceedings.
● The tolerated delay is 5 minutes. Attendance will be declared on Moodle during these 5 minutes via a QR code provided by the teacher at each course start.
● Student should arrive on time for exams and other assessments. No one will be allowed to enter the classroom once the first person has finished the exam and left the room. There is absolutely no exception to this rule. No student can continue to take an exam once the time is up. No student may leave the room during an examination unless he / she has finished and handed over all the documents.
● In the case of remote learning, the student must keep his camera on unless instructed otherwise by the professor.
Honor code
IMT-BS is committed to a policy of honesty in the academic community. Conduct that compromises this policy may result in academic and / or disciplinary sanctions. Students must refrain from cheating, lying, plagiarizing and stealing. This includes completing your own original work and giving credit to any other person whose ideas and printed materials (including those from the Internet) are paraphrased or quoted directly. Any student who violates or helps another student violate academic behavior standards will be penalized according to IMT-BS rules.
Textbook Required and Suggested Readings
Selected articles are available on the course Moodle page
Keywords
competitive advantage; Strategy
Prerequisites
Funbdamentals of Strategic Management; Fundamentals of Economics