Strategy as Practice (5cr)
Code: JOHT1316-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 18.11.2021 - 31.07.2022
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Teaching languages
- English
- Teachers
- Pikka-Maaria Laine
- Course
- JOHT1316
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.
Materials
Articles to be specified during the lectures.
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
The course can also be accomplished individually during the spring and summer terms 2022. Contact Dr. Pikka-Maaria Laine for instructions: pikka-maaria.laine@ulapland.fi