Strategic Management

Catalog description

MBAL 5480 Strategic Management -- The strategic management course is the culminating experience of the MBA program. It facilitates students' integration of key functional area expertise as well as leadership, global and sustainable business knowledge and skills acquired throughout the MBA curriculum. This course focuses on business unit and corporate strategy. It explores the macro environment, and industry and competitor environments, and equips managers with frameworks and tools to help them analyze complex business situations and create strategic decisions and outcomes that optimize organizational performance. Topics covered include competitive advantage, competitive strategies, diversification, outsourcing, strategic alliances, and acquisitions. The course is delivered in Spanish and is available to students in the Online Master of Business Administration for Latin America program, a one-year intensive program available exclusively for working professionals in Latin America.