From Fundamentals to Strategy Leadership
Objectives
This module is designed to focus
the students in bridging from a systemic perspective, the role of a leader
within the overall strategic development of the organization. It will cover
Strategizing methodologies for structuring and disseminating strategic thinking
within organizations and the challenges to implement the strategic of the
organization. It covers the following fundamental areas: foundations of
strategic thinking and, methodologies of strategizing (“Strategic Intent-based
Planning”), with a special focus on overcoming the barriers to change
management under uncertainty. The learning outcomes are:
•The ability to Interpret the business environment and its impact in the
creation and evaluation of strategic options.
•The ability to interpret internal conditions of each organization and its impact
in the creation and evaluation of strategic options.
•The ability to implement a model of strategic execution based on addressing
the barriers of inertia to change management.
General characterization
Code
14240
Credits
5
Responsible teacher
Miguel Pina e Cunha
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese | English
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
• “Thinking in New Boxes, a
New Paradigm for Business Creativity” by Brabandere, Luc and Alan Iny, Random
House 2013 (1st edition).
• “Creating Competitive Advantage” by Pankaj Ghemawat and Jan Rivkin, HBS
9-798-062, Rv Feb, 25th 2006
• “The Science of Organizational Change: How Leaders Set Strategy, Change
Behavior, and Create an Agile Culture (Leading Change in the Digital Age)”,
Gibbons, Paul, Phronesis Media, 2019
• “The Halo Effect”, Rosenzweig, Phil, Free Press, 2007
Teaching method
The course will be a mix of
theory, case studies/exercises and real-life situations’ discussion. A
“Hands-on/Board Decision Making” approach to the subject will be used as a
basis of class participation. Likewise, the course will count heavily on the
students’ active participation, both in class and in its preparation.
Evaluation method
The assessment of this CU
is done together with the block of CUs of the same area of knowledge. This
assessment has 3 moments, which together define the final grade of the CU:
•Individual exam with a weighting of 50% of the total mark
•Group work with a weighting of 35% of the total grade value
•Individual reflection-action exercise carried out at the end of the curricular
unit, with a weighting of 15% of the total grade value. The set of individual
action-reflection exercises is a journaling activity, which will constitute, at
the end, a learning portfolio capable of synthesising the contributions of the
Executive Master for that student.
Subject matter
The main topics covered in
the course are:
1) Revisiting the foundations of Strategic Thinking.
2) Strategizing methodologies for options generation and selection.
3) Linking leadership and change management through a model of strategic
implementation.