OVERVIEW

The present integrated course in composed of two modules: mod. 1 cod. 60902 Strategic Management and Decision Making and mod. 2 cod. 109154 Corporate Governance and Development Models.

The integrated course is aimed at deepening, in module 1, the strategic management of the enterprise, the corporate  straegic decisions and the survival strategies, together with the central issues of strategy formulation and evaluation.  In module 2, the governance of the enterprise is explored, declined into who has the power to make such decisions, based on what assumptions, and how power is exercised in different institutional contexts. Particular focus is given in Module 2 to the relationships between governance models and business financing models.

The learning objectives, learning outcomes, syllabi, teaching methods, textbooks, exam description and assessment methods can be viewed within the individual modules.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This integrated two-module course is focused on strategic management and corporate governance. In the strategic management part, the contents of business and corporate strategies will be deepened. A special attention will be given to the formulation, implementation, ex-ante, and ex-post evaluation of the strategy.
In the corporate governance part, the focus will be the different corporate governance models around the world and the relationships between ownership and control. Particularly, the relations among corporate governance, financial markets and competitive advantage will be analysed.

PREREQUISITES

As an advanced course of strategic management and governance, the two modules present basic notions of business economics and management as prerequisites.

Specifically:

- strategic analysis of the external environment

- strategic analysis of the internal environment and value chain

- strategies for competitive advantage

- some basic knowledge of corporate finance

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Please, see the individual modules.

The final grade for the integrated course is composed by the average of the individual module grades.