Strategic Management

Module Title

E-LEARNING LESSON PLAN

: Module 3 : Strategic position : Capabilities, critical success

Period I.

: Day 3: Moderated Discussion (4 hours/day) Objectives

factors, (core) competences, cost efficiency, organizational performance, benchmarking, knowledge management

At the end of the lesson, students are expected to: - Distinguish elements of strategic capability in organizations: resources, competences, core competences, and dynamic capabilities - Recognize the role of continual improvement in cost efficiency as a strategic capability - Analyze how strategic capabilities might provide sustainable competitive advantage on the basis of their value, rarity, inimitability, and non-substitutability - Diagnose strategic capability by means of value chain analysis, benchmarking, and SWOT analysis - Consider how managers can develop strategic capabilities of organizations

II.

Subject Matter 1. Topics

Strategic position : Capabilities, critical success factors, (core) competences, cost efficiency, organizational performance, benchmarking, knowledge management 2. Educational Resource(s)

Johnson, K. Scholes and R.Whittington, Exploring Corporate Strategy, Prentice-Hall. http://vig.pearsoned.co.uk/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0273731 556,00.html
3. Materials

a. b. III.

Lecture notes/Modules PowerPoint presentations

E-Learning Procedures and Strategies Day 1: Students Preparatory Activity

1. The professor will upload the module (in PowerPoint) to the Yahoo Group
account created for the Strategic Management class.

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2. The professor will send the lecture notes/module in word file via

individual e-mail accounts of students. (Students e-mail addresses to be provided by CGS) 3. The students are given a day to read and understand the module and require them to answer a self-test (pre-test) and exercise set prior to the moderated discussion the following day; one question or problem for a specific topic of the module. 4. Each student may transmit in advance thru e-mail at least one (1) question (query) per topic included in the module. Day 2: Moderated Discussion

1.

The students will now submit to the professor on or before the schedule/time listed hereunder the answers/solutions to the pre-test (self-test) and exercise set. 2. The students will be required to go online following the schedule/time as listed to discuss/answer all queries raised regarding the topic/module. 3. A uniform set of questions (regarding the topic) will be administered whereby the students will be required to transmit their answers via e-mail to the professors email address at a specified time of the day. Schedule/Tim e Local Yemen Time 4:00-8:00 pm Sample Guide Questions for the Moderated Discussion What is Strategic Capability? What are resources? What are core competences? How core competencies lead to competitive advantage? What are dynamic capabilities? What is value chain? What are the different approaches to benchmarking? How do you develop strategic capabilities?

Topic(s)

Strategic position : Capabilities, critical success factors, (core) competences, cost efficiency, organizational performance, benchmarking, knowledge management

Day 3: Assessment

1. The professor will post/upload the post-test via the created

yahoo group account of the class with an instruction indicating the deadline for the submission of the answers/solutions to the questions/problems.

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to the post-test and exercise set.

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2. The professor will acknowledge the receipt of the students answers/solutions

IV. FACULTY INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE Name Email Contact Number Consultation Hours : : : Dr. Peter M. Ureta pm_ureta@yahoo.com Venue : Time/Day : Term :

: Thru Yahoo Messenger upon agreed time (on a daily basis) The faculty shall be on mobile (thru YM).

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