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Strategic Management
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_073 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ivans Jānis Mihailovs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics of management. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To improve knowledge and skills about the importance of factors affecting management in the 21st century in mastering new content and methods of strategic management and their practical implementation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Strategic management: concept, system, theories. Nature of a strategy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Theoretical aspects and methodology of creating a strategy. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Comparative analysis of regional planning documents. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Planning of development of industries, selection and analysis of strategies. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Strategic management concept. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Diversity of strategies. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Types of strategies of an organisation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Diversity of strategies – presentation and discussion of independent works. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Innovative operation strategies. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Creation of a mission and goals for an organisation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Creation of a mission and goals for an organisation. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Specifics of strategies in different industries and conditions. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students, upon agreement with the university lecturer, should select a topic for their report, it should be prepared in accordance with the requirements set in the education institution and should be presented. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | According to a 1-10-point grading scale, in accordance with RSU requirements. 40% of the assessment comes from the report assessment, 60% – from the examination assessment. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After mastering the study course students understand the nature, basic principles of strategic management, known strategic management organisation methods. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After mastering the study course students analyse the interconnection between management processes and activities, identify problems. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After mastering the study course students develop solutions for challenges, taking relevant decisions on strategy building, integrate obtained knowledge and alternative opinions about strategic management. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Caune J., Dzedons A. Stratēģiskā vadīšana. – Rīga: SIA Balta eko, 2009. | ||||||||
| 2 | Helers R. Vadībzinības rokasgrāmata. – Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2004. | ||||||||
| 3 | Inovatīva domāšana, grāmatu sērija. – Rīga: Lietišķās informācijas dienests, 2007 | ||||||||
| 4 | Kalve I. Apseglot pārmaiņu vējus. Stratēģiskā un pārmaiņu vadība. – Rīga: Biznesa augstskola Turība, 2005. | ||||||||
| 5 | Volkova T., Vērdiņa G., Pildavs J. Organizācijas un to vadīšana pārmaiņu apstākļos. – Rīga: Banku augstskola, 2001. | ||||||||
| 6 | Charles W.L. Hill, Gareth R. Jones. Strategic Management. An Integrated Approach. 6th ed. - Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. | ||||||||
| 7 | Drucker P.F. Management Challenges for the 21 st Century. Butterworth – Heinemann, 1999. | ||||||||
| 8 | Grantone L. Cilvēkresursu stratēģija. – Rīga: Jumava, 2004. | ||||||||
| 9 | Strategic Management: competitiveness and globalization: Thomson South-western, 2005. | ||||||||
| 10 | Лайм Фаэй, Роберт Ранделл; Курс МВА по стратегическому менеджменту. - Москва: Альпина Паблишер, 2002 | ||||||||
| 11 | Peng, M.Global Strategy. Mason. Ohio: South-Western, 2014 | ||||||||
| 12 | Jones, G.R., Hill, C.W. L. Theory of Strategic Management. Cengage Learning, 2010. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bērziņš G. Stratēģiskās vadīšanas sistēma radošo nozaru organizācijās. - Rīga: LU, 2013 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | EBSCO, Emerald datu bāzēs pieejamie zinātniskie raksti par stratēģiskās vadīšanas jautājumiem. | ||||||||
