Course detail

Strategic Management

FP-IBsmPAcad. year: 2025/2026

Course is focused on strategic management of complex company development in competitive environment. Course is based on modern concepts of strategy, strategic management and strategic competitiveness. Principles of company development in the context of various approaches to strategy, including hierarchical and alternative approach to strategic management, are explained. Course deals with topic of diversified and non-diversified companies. Process of strategic management is explained on the base of variable approaches to strategy and strategic goals formulation, methods of strategic analysis focused both on evaluation of position of company and potential of future development, evaluation of market conditions and formulation and implementation of strategy of goal oriented company development.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Students are expected to have basic knowledge of methods used in planning, organizing, stimulation and control. They have to understand basic function of company. Knowledge of basic marketing methods is required.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

To pass the course, students must receive a credit and pass the exam. Specific conditions for individual parts are specified below.

Full-time study

Credit – exercise assessment

Six tasks are gradually completed during the course, each graded on a scale of up to four points. The outputs are submitted as part of the given course. A minimum of 15 points is required to receive credit. The primary criteria for evaluation are activity, teamwork, the ability to interpret and present results, work with given approaches and sources, and the form of presentation.

Subtasks are completed in teams. The points earned are included in the overall classification and each student carries them over to the exam – see the exam evaluation conditions.

 

Full-time and ISP

Final exam and its evaluation

The exam takes the form of a team workshop. Students are divided into teams of 3 to 5 people for the exam. They gradually work on 4 assigned tasks, which the team presents and defends. During the processing, presentation, and defense, it is necessary to demonstrate both practical skills and theoretical knowledge of the given topic. Each task is evaluated separately with points from 0 to 100 and a corresponding grade according to ECTS. The team is evaluated as a whole. The points earned in the exercises can be used by the student to improve their evaluation of individual tasks. The final grade is then given as the average of the evaluations of all tasks. If the student wants a better grade than the one they have earned, an individual oral exam is possible.

Exam description

  • The exam lasts 4–5 hours. There are at least two breaks during the exam.
  • During the exam, only permitted materials and equipment may be used .
  • It is recommended to have a laptop or tablet, or possibly a smartphone, available for the exam.

The dates for retaking exams are governed by the study and examination rules.

Students with an individual study plan (ISP)

Students with an ISP must individually complete 5 partial tasks with a deadline for submission no later than the end of the 13th week of the semester and pass a final exam. Exam format – see above. The conditions for completing partial tasks and selecting topics are published in e-learning.

Students with an ISP must contact the lecturer by the end of the 4th week of the semester at the latest to clarify the assignments and the form of submission.

Each assignment is graded on a scale of up to five points. A minimum of 15 points is required to receive credit. The points earned are included in the overall grade – see exam conditions.

Aims

Course is focused on explanation of strategic management as a fundamental point of complex strategic development of company.

Students will learn application of strategic principles on all company management levels. Students obtain knowledge of approaches and methods of strategic analysis for complex evaluation of market environment and company potential. Students will be familiar with key approaches combining formulation and implementation of strategy of development of company.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

COLLIS, D. J., MONTGOMERY, C. A. Corporate strategy - Resources and the Scope of the Firm. 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2004. 204 p. ISBN 978-00-7231-286-7.
GRANT, R. M. Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Text and Cases Edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2016. 776 p. ISBN 978-11-1912-084-1.
HITT, M. A., IRELAND, R. D., HOSKISSON, R. E. Strategic Management - Competitiveness and Globalization: Concepts and Cases. 12th ed., South-Western College Pub, 2017. 896 p. ISBN 978-1-305-50214-7.

Recommended reading

KOTLER, P., KELLER, K. L. Marketing Management. 14. ed. Pearson, 2011. 816 p. ISBN 978-01-3210-292-6.
MINTZBERG, H., QUINN, J. B., GHOSHAL, S. The Strategic Management Process. Revised European Edition. Prentice Hall Europe 1998, 1036 p. ISBN 0-13-675984-X.
PORTER, M. E. Competitive Advantage. First Free Press Export Edition: Free Press, 2004. 557 s. ISBN 0-7432-6087-2.
PORTER, M. E. Competitive Strategy. First Free Press Export Edition: Free Press 2004. 396p. ISBN 0-7432-6088-0.

Elearning

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-IBM Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme MGR-Z Master's

    branch MGR-Z , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Elearning