Master strategic management fundamentals and learn to create sustainable competitive advantage through effective business strategies.
Master strategic management fundamentals and learn to create sustainable competitive advantage through effective business strategies.
This course cannot be purchased separately - to access the complete learning experience, graded assignments, and earn certificates, you'll need to enroll in the full Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization program. You can audit this specific course for free to explore the content, which includes access to course materials and lectures. This allows you to learn at your own pace without any financial commitment.
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What you'll learn
Understand how to coordinate different functional areas and resources
Master strategic management tools and frameworks
Analyze industry competition and market positioning
Develop coherent and actionable strategic plans
Learn to evaluate and adapt business strategies
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
3.81 Hours PreRecorded video
5 quizzes
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FullTime access
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There are 5 modules in this course
This comprehensive course teaches organizations how to create, capture, and maintain value for sustainable competitive advantage. Students learn to analyze competition and cooperation using industry-level and firm-level frameworks like five forces analysis and business models. The curriculum covers strategic positioning, internal analysis, competitive advantage, and strategic renewal, combining theoretical frameworks with practical business applications through case studies of companies like Uber, Starbucks, and Lego.
Course Orientation
Module 1 · 2 Hours to complete
Leading Strategically
Module 2 · 4 Hours to complete
External Analysis
Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete
Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage
Module 4 · 3 Hours to complete
Strategic Positioning and Strategic Renewal
Module 5 · 4 Hours to complete
Fee Structure
Instructor
Professor of Business Administration and Strategic Innovator
Deepak Somaya is a Professor of Business Administration at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he also holds the Diane and Steven N. Miller Professorship and serves as an Edwards Scholar. He specializes in business strategy, corporate strategy, and technology strategy, with a keen focus on how firms leverage their knowledge assets for competitive advantage. Deepak earned his PhD in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and has since contributed significantly to the fields of strategy and entrepreneurship.
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