About this course: In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value, and how it is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand economic value creation and value appropriation, and learn the tools to analyze both competition and cooperation from a corporate level perspective, (e.g., through vertical integration, diversification, and geographic scope decisions). You will: • Understand how corporations create, capture, and sustain competitive advantage. • Analyze business situations and create a coherent corporate strategy. • Understand the fit between corporate strategy and organization structure to improve economic performance. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu.

Created by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Taught by: Joe Mahoney, Professor of Business Administration
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign College of Business Department of Business Administration

Basic Info	Course 6 of 7 in the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization.
Commitment	4 weeks of study, 5-7 hours/week
Language	English
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
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Syllabus

WEEK 1

Course Orientation

You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.

1 video, 6 readings, 1 reading

Module 1: Vertical Integration and Diversification

This module focuses on corporate strategy with particular emphasis on vertical integration and diversification. It seeks to explain when vertical integration and diversification can create a competitive advantage.

7 videos, 3 readings, 2 readings

Graded: Module 1 Peer Assessment

Graded: Module 1 Graded Quiz

WEEK 2

Module 2: Global Strategy

This module focuses on corporate strategy with particular emphasis on global strategy and competing around the world. It seeks to explain why multinational enterprises adopt different global strategies.

4 videos, 3 readings, 2 readings

Graded: Module 2 Peer Assessment

Graded: Module 2 Graded Quiz

WEEK 3

Module 3: Strategy and Structure

This module focuses on the fit between corporate strategy and organizational structure with particular emphasis on diversification strategy and multidivisional structure. It seeks to explain why we observe patterns in the matching of corporate-level strategy ...

5 videos, 3 readings, 2 readings

Graded: Module 3 Peer Assessment

Graded: Module 3 Graded Quiz

WEEK 4

Module 4: Corporate Governance

This module focuses first on the characteristics of public firms. Second, it considers stakeholder impact analysis and corporate social responsibility. Third, it emphasizes corporate governance and the mitigation of agency problems.

3 videos, 3 readings, 1 reading

Graded: Module 4 Peer Assessment

Graded: Module 4 Graded Quiz

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