1. The nature of strategic management and strategic thinking
2. SM and strategic planning process steps, strategic levels
3. Goals, values and performance - vision and mission, strategic leadership
4. External environment assessment, analysis of the industry environment, determinants of industry profit
5. Analysis of internal strategic resources and capabilities, core competencies
6. Corporate level strategic capabilities, corporate parenting
7. Strategic choice - nature and sources of competitive advantage,
8. Business, corporate strategy formation and selection.
9. Strategy implementation. Strategy - culture - structure.
10. Managing strategic change
11. Nature of strategic control, Balanced Scorecard