This is an innovative capstone module for the MSc International Business & Strategy (IB&S) programme. The module comprises a set of lectures and workshops in Term 2 and culminates in a simulated full-day ‘Strategy Summit’ in Term 3. The lecture syllabus will deal with advanced topics in strategy practice and process in multi-business, multi-national firms, and builds on the core strategy and international business modules delivered in Terms 1 and 2.
The Strategy Summit event simulates a corporate strategy process in a real-world multinational, multidivisional firm. The event creates an environment that calls on students to apply ideas developed in lectures and workshops and, importantly, to reflect on what they are doing in the process. Students work in teams, taking on the role of key actors in the process, e.g. top management team, middle managers, division or subsidiary managers, consultants, unions, regulators, shareholders, media actors, etc.
The module provides students the opportunity to integrate their learning on the programme and to develop a variety of professional and personal capabilities. Assessment comprises: interim group report; group presentation/performance at the Summit; individual reflective essay.