Module 1 BA 414
Module 1 BA 414
COURSE ORIENTATION
Dear Augustinians:
The adoption of online learning in the University is forced by the pandemic which everyone
has to face and deal with. This online learning is enhanced with the use of learning
modules.
This module packet has lessons and assignments you will see in every module. Module
packets can be used to supplement virtual class meetings/synchronous sessions and for
those who experience issues with internet access and/or connectivity. With this module
packet, you can review all course materials offline. However, you will still need to complete
assignments and activities, such as discussion posts, online.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
COURSE OUTCOMES:
GRADING SYSTEM:
Term Grade:
Summative Tests/Research Proposal 40%
Note:
• Final rating is the average of the prelim grade, midterm grade and final term grade
COURSE POLICIES:
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is using someone else’s words instead of your own. In this course, you are
expected to use your own words and ideas, and to acknowledge any sources you use
to gather ideas. Plagiarism is not allowed in this course.
COURSE OUTLINE:
REFERENCES:
David, Fred R., David, Forest R., and David, Meredith E. (2017).
Strategic management: A competitive advantage approach, concepts
and cases. ( 16th ed.). Singapore: Pearson Education, Inc.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10970266, Strategic
Management Journal
https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1755 -425x,
Journal of Strategy and Management
https://www.strategicmanagement.net/smj/overview/overview ,
Strategic Management Journal
https://ijsm-journal.org/IJSM-JOURNAL/Default.aspx, International
Journal of Strategic Management
http://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/jms , Journal
of Management and Strategy
https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijssm ,
Web and International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management
other
Learning https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international -strategic-
Resources management-review, International Strategic Management
Review
https://www.questia.com/library/p150926/academy-of-
strategic-management-journal, Academy of Strategic
Management Journal
http://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-
binaries/53794_Chapter_1.pdf
http://rizvihmct.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Semester-VI-
strategic-managment.pdf
https://youtu.be/CJm5l01l3Fw?t=39
https://youtu.be/m4O9JweJg-A?t=24
https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/fundamentalsofbusiness3e/chapter/chap
ter-4-ethics-and-social-responsibility/
CONSULTATION HOURS:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
TEACHING-LEARNING METHODS:
1. Video Conferencing/Meeting. A 60-minute online session will be held every first
hour of the scheduled class. In that session, the professor will review issues from
the previous week as well as discuss material from the current week and respond
to students’ questions. During some sessions, students will make individual or
group presentations. Student attendance and participation is required unless prior
arrangements have been made with the professor. The session will be archived for
student review and Power-Point slides used by the instructor and/or students will
be distributed to the class.
2. View Lesson. Each module contains voice-over Power-Point presentation
reviewing module topics.
3. Discussion Forum. Students will discuss topics relevant to the module material in
the Discussion Forum.
4. Individual/Group Homework/Assignment. Every week students will be assigned
individually and to groups to answer assignments assigned by the Professor. The
solution will be submitted in a Written Word Document/Power-Point presentation
and one or more groups will present their outputs to the class.
STATEMENT OF EXPECTATIONS
This course is required for all BSBA students. It is generally considered somewhat a
demanding course. The goal is for students to learn a lot, work hard, and enjoy the
experience. Students are expected to attend online class and to study regularly. It is
expected that the faculty teaching the course will be available to help students.
The knowledge that students are expected to gain from this course is important. It can
impact their career and the competitiveness of the organization that looks to them for
a contribution. Much of the learning that takes place will not occur in the classroom. It
occurs when students are working on the material outside of class – as they read, think,
analyse, apply the concepts to real problems, and work in teams. The amount that
As professionals, you are aware the importance of strong skills, oral and written.
Letters, reports, and short email notes all indicate to others our ability to communicate.
Since clear writing and speaking follow clear thinking, others will form opinion about
your ability and work ethic. Typographical errors, misspelled words, or poor diction and
an awkward writing and speaking style dramatically reduce the impact of your work no
matter how good the content, as do errors that come from not paying attention to details
such leaving off the peso or percent signs.
MEETING DEADLINES:
All assignments must be submitted not later than the date due to receive credit. The
only exception is if there are extenuating circumstances that are outside the student’s
control and prior arrangements have been made with the professor.
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MODULE PACKET
MODULE 1 OVERVIEW
In this module, we will discuss the fundamentals of strategic management and the
stages managers will undergo in strategic management: environmental scanning,
strategy formulation, strategy implementation, evaluation and control. Moreover, we
will discuss how the company sets direction. You are going to be equipped with the
elements of a good vision, mission, goals and hierarchy of objectives of the company.
At the end of this module, you are going to revisit the chosen company’s vision,
mission, goals and objectives, analyze them and make some recommendations for
enhancement through a proposed vision, mission, goals and objectives. For those
chosen company which doesn’t have one, craft the vision, mission, goals and
objectives.
We are now set to conduct a strategic management! Enjoy your strategic management
endeavor!
LECTURE DISCUSSIONS
You’re here starting to study strategic management: its basic concepts and its
process. Strategic Management is all about identification and description of the
strategies that managers can carry so as to achieve better performance and a
competitive advantage for their organization. An organization is said to have
competitive advantage if its profitability is higher than the average profitability for all
companies in its industry. (https://www.managementstudyguide.com/strategic-
management.htm)
Strategic management can also be defined as a bundle of decisions and acts
which a manager undertakes and which decides the result of the firm’s performance.
The manager must have a thorough knowledge and analysis of the general and
competitive organizational environment so as to take right decisions. They should
conduct a SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats), i.e.,
they should make best possible utilization of strengths, minimize the organizational
weaknesses, make use of arising opportunities from the business environment and
shouldn’t ignore the threats. https://www.managementstudyguide.com/strategic-
management.htm)
Strategic management is nothing but planning for both predictable as well as
unfeasible contingencies. It is applicable to both small as well as large organizations
as even the smallest organization face competition and, by formulating and
implementing appropriate strategies, they can attain sustainable competitive
advantage. https://www.managementstudyguide.com/strategic-management.htm)
It is a way in which strategists set the objectives and proceed about attaining
them. It deals with making and implementing decisions about future direction of an
Strategy formulation
- process of investigation, analysis and decision making that provides the company
with the criteria for attaining a competitive advantage
- includes defining the competitive advantages of the business (Strategy), crafting the
corporate mission, specifying achievable objectives and setting policy guidelines
Strategy implementation
-is the translation of chosen strategy into organizational action so as to achieve
strategic goals and objectives.
“The best visions imply whom the company serves, what it provides, and what
distinguishes it from other companies providing the same products and services. Your
vision lays out a destination; your destination guides your strategy and chooses action.
It’s action that leads to success. In those moments of action, having clear direction is
crucial for building momentum. If your organization is like most, you spent weeks
debating every word crafting your vision, mission, strategy and goals. But no matter
how lofty, if they are not created in a way that provides direction, those statements are
little more than high-priced indulgences. Every company means something different by
the word “vision” and “strategy”.
(https://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/vision-strategy-tactics/)
Policy
- a broad guideline for decision making that links the formulation of a strategy with its
implementation
INITIATION OF STRATEGY
Triggering event
- something that acts as a stimulus for a change in strategy and can include:
✓ New CEO
✓ External intervention
✓ Threat of change of ownership
✓ Performance gap
✓ Strategic inflection point
Strategic decisions
- deal with the long-term future of an entire organization and have three characteristics:
✓ Rare
✓ Consequential
✓ Directive
Rare
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- Strategic decisions are unusual and typically have no precedent to
follow.
Consequential
- Strategic decisions commit substantial resources and demand a great
deal of commitment from people at all levels.
Directive
- Strategic decisions set precedents for lesser decisions and future actions
throughout an organization
Mintzberg’s Modes of Strategic Decision Making
✓ Entrepreneurial
✓ Adaptive
✓ Planning
✓ Logical Incrementalism
Strategic audit
- aid to strategic decision making
✓ provides a checklist of questions, by area or issue, that enables a
systematic analysis to be made of various corporate functions and
activities
VISION STATEMENT
➢ a document that states the current and future objectives of an organization
➢ intended as a guide to help the organization make decisions that align with its
philosophy and declared set of goals
MISSION STATEMENT
- defines what line of business a company is in, and why it exists or what purpose
it serves.
❑ Every company should have a precise statement of purpose that gets people
excited about what the company does and motivates them to become part of the
organization.
Goal
A goal is a desired future state or objective that an organization tries to achieve.
Goals specify in particular what must be done if an organization is to attain mission or
vision. Goals make mission more prominent and concrete. They co-ordinate and
integrate various functional and departmental areas in an organization. Well made
goals have following features:
a. These are precise and measurable.
b. These look after critical and significant issues.
c. These are realistic and challenging.
d. These must be achieved within a specific time frame.
e. These include both financial as well as non-financial components.
(https://www.managementstudyguide.com/strategy-statement-components.htm)
Objectives
Objectives are defined as goals that organization wants to achieve over a period of
time. These are the foundation of planning. Policies are developed in an organization
HIERARCHY OF OBJECTIVES
Corporate Objectives
Functional Objectives
Operational Objectives
Functional Objectives
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❑ At a functional level expanding market share becomes an objective.
❑ Each functional area – finance, human resources, operations and marketing –
will develop a strategy to support this objective.
❑ In terms of the marketing function it is concerned about which products/services
should be sold into which markets.
❑ At a fundamental level marketing strategy is about products and markets.
In this example the strategy at the marketing function’s level is to provide the best
facilities for key market segments, provide the best standards of service and ensure
that they are adequately promoted
Illustrative Example:
Goals or targets that must be achieved by the individual functional areas into
which a business is divided (e.g. Marketing, Human Resources) to ensure that the
overall corporate objectives are met. They must be consistent with, and supportive of,
the overall corporate objectives.
Business’s overall corporate objective may be to achieve a 10% increase on
profit for the year and it may set the following functional objectives to ensure this
corporate objective is achieved:
Marketing: To increase sales from P45,000 to P50,000 per month;
Human Resources: To reduce total average unauthorized absence from 10
days to 2 days per month;
Finance: To eliminate the need for a bank overdraft (and, thus interest
payments) by reducing the average number of days it takes customers to pay from 73
to 56 days within the next 3 months;
Production: To reduce the number of rejects / defective products from 2.5% to
1.5% over the next 6 months.
(https://www.apt-initiatives.com/glossary/functional-objectives/)
Operational Objectives
❑ At this level the functional level marketing strategy becomes the objective.
❑ Strategies have to be developed for each element of the marketing mix to
support these operational objectives.
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Illustrative Example: