Strategy as Practice (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

After completion of the course the student is able to:
- understand practice-based theorization of strategy
- define new ways of strategy-making to create sustainable businesses.

Execution methods

Lectures (15 h). Group work. Individual work.

Accomplishment methods

Pre-readings.
Active participation to the lectures.
Group work.
Individual essay.
There is an option to accomplish the course via an individual assignment.

Content

Practice-based theorizing, sociomateriality, strategy as practice, subjectivity and participation in strategy, strategy-making for transforming businesses to sustainability and postcapitalist possibities.

Teaching methods

Indipendent assignments can be found at the Moodle course page.
E-mail to pikka-maaria.laine@ulapland.fi when you register so that you can be accepted.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Fail: Performance is highly deficient or erroneous. The work may be based on serious misunderstandings.

Sufficient and satisfactory (1-2): Performance is lacking in scope, superficial, or corresponds poorly to the assignment. The author merely lists things out of context or addresses them one-sidedly. The work may contain errors or obscurities.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good and very good (3-4): Performance corresponds to the assignment, manifesting comprehension and a skill to analyse and justify. The author has addressed the issue comprehensively. The work may contain some deficiencies.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): Performance delineates an extensive whole and the author can apply knowledge in a multifaceted way or place it in various contexts. The work manifests independency and insight, and it is a flawless entity that involves justified thinking or critical contemplation. The work is well written and implemented.

Qualifications

For Master students of Management: the course JOHT1316 Strategy as Practice is recommended to be completed before or during the course JOHT1317 Strategiatyö.

Further information

Teacher: Pikka-Maaria Laine, pikka-maaria.laine@ulapland.fi. Independent assignment, instructions in the Moodle course page. Registration open: Send an email message to the teacher for her to accept your registration.