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Strategic Management (5 cr)

Code: LY00BU77-3013

General information


Enrollment

29.07.2025 - 27.08.2025

Timing

28.08.2025 - 19.10.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

RDI portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

KAMK Master School

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree in International Business Management
  • Master’s Degree in Game Business Management

Teachers

  • Pekka Vaarala
  • Perttu Huusko

Groups

  • GBMY25S
    GBMY25S
  • FMGB25S
    FMGB25S

Objective

The student
* understands the importance of strategic planning and management from the point of view of the overall management of a company / organization
* recognize the national and international challenges of their operating environment and their impact on the business / organization and their own work
* masters the strategic planning process and is able to analyze the principles and functions related to the strategic planning, management and development of a company / organization and assess their impact
* develops to analyze the strategic metrics used by the organization as a tool for performance evaluation
* student develops to analyze, use and evaluate changes in the business / organization operating environment to support planning, decision-making and monitoring.

Content

Strategic planning basics concept
Strategy process
Strategic management analysis and strategic management tools
Strategic planning and strategy implementation
Strategic measurement and assessing the indicators
Strategy follow-up, assessment and updating

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student
* is able to challenge the current strategy work of the organisation and manage and renew activities
in complex and not easily predictable working environments that require a new strategic approach
* takes responsibility for development of working practises and the strategic evaluation of the operation
* creates new practises innovatively and assesses their effects responsibly
-masters strategic management as a whole and utilises it in development throughout the organization

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student
* is able to challenge the current strategy work of the organisation and manage and renew activities
in complex and not easily predictable working environments that require a new strategic approach
* takes responsibility for development of working practises and the strategic evaluation of the operation

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student
* is able to challenge the current strategy work of the organisation and manage and renew activities
in complex and not easily predictable working environments that require a new strategic approach
* takes responsibility for development of working practises and/or the strategic evaluation of the
operation