Strategic Management in Knowledge-based organizations
Readings marked with a * are student presentations. For more information, see separate PM on
these sessions.
Date
Mon,
8 Nov
Time
13-16
Reading
Grant, Ch. 1-4
Wed,
10 Nov
13-16
Grant, Ch. 5-6
Grant, Ch. 8-10
Mon
15 Nov
13-16
Grant, Ch. 14-17
Student presentation:
Kodak*
Beer & Eisenstat
Wed
17 Nov
13-16
Student presentation:
Normann & Ramirez*
Main Topics
Introduction
Strategic Management
Industry analysis
The Resource-based view
Competitive Advantage
Cost and differentiation
Introduction Assignment 1: Hasselblad
Corporate Strategy
-Vertical and horizontal integration
-Diversification
-The scope of the firm
Strategy implementation
Alternative views on strategy
Business models
Networks and Interdependence
Chesbrough &
Rosenbloom
Adner, 2008
Mon
22 Nov
Wed
24 Nov
13-16
13-16
Presentation Assignment 1
Student presentation
Bower & Christensen*
Grant, 11-13
Strategy, technological change and industry
dynamics
Kaplan and Norton
Balanced scorecards
Verganti
Kim and Mauborgne
Mon
29 Nov
13-16
Grant, Ch. 18
Burgelman
Sanchez & Mahoney
Wed
1 Dec
13-16
Daft, Ch. 1
Introduction Assignment 2: Le Petit Chef
Competing in a mature industry
Design and competition
Guest lecture on Blue Ocean Strategy:
Bengt Järrehult, SCA
Managing and organizing complexity
-Product portfolio management
-Platforms and modularization
Introduction to Organization theory and
organization design
Mon
6 Dec
13-16
Student presentation:
Matshushita vs Philips*
Presentation Assignment 2
Organization design and structure
-Organization typologies
-Centralization and Decentralization
-Location of R&D
-Organization of R&D
Wed
8 Dec
13-16
Gadde & Håkansson
Pfeffer and Salancik
Introduction Assignment 3: Nokia
Organizations as open systems
Knowledge based theories of the firm
Wed
15 Dec
13-16
Student presentation:
Buckman Laboratories*
Managing Organizational change
-Conflict, Power and politics
Buchanan and Badham
Managing Knowledge and ideas
Sandström and Björk
Nonaka
Mon
20 Dec
13-16
Presentation Assignment 3
Summary – key learnings from the
assignments and cases
Tue
11 Jan
13:3018:30
Q&A
Exam