MG206 Half Unit
Firms, Management and Competitive Advantage
This information is for the 2016/17 session.
Teacher responsible
Mr Nilesh Dattani NAB5.02
Availability
This course is available on the BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics and BSc in Management. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
Pre-requisites
Students must have completed EC100 OR EC102 OR equivalent.
Course content
This is not a course on corporate strategy. It focuses on the evolution of thinking about firms and the activity of management and examines firm advantages through conceptual ideas and empirical knowledge. There will be an emphasis on analysing firms as reservoirs of resources and capabilities and topics to be covered will include distinctive capabilities of firms, organisational design, decision making in firms, organisational routines, managerial leadership and the role of ethics. Particular attention will be given to firms in technology-based industries and the management of innovation and contrasts will be made with public sector management.
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of classes in the ST.
Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.
Formative coursework
Students are expected to produce one piece of written work and to do the weekly class exercises
Indicative reading
A reading list will be available to students taking the course.
Assessment
Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.
Teachers' comment
Key facts
Department: Management
Total students 2015/16: 57
Average class size 2015/16: 14
Capped 2015/16: Yes (68)
Value: Half Unit
PDAM skills
- Self-management
- Team working
- Communication
- Commercial awareness
Course survey results
(2013/14 - 2015/16 combined)
1 = "best" score, 5 = "worst" scoreThe scores below are average responses.
Response rate: 100%
Question |
Average | ||||||
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Reading list (Q2.1) |
1.7 | ||||||
Materials (Q2.3) |
2.4 | ||||||
Course satisfied (Q2.4) |
1.5 | ||||||
Lectures (Q2.5) |
1.5 | ||||||
Integration (Q2.6) |
1.6 | ||||||
Contact (Q2.7) |
1.7 | ||||||
Feedback (Q2.8) |
2 | ||||||
Recommend (Q2.9) |
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To view the course guide video, please click the following link: http://richmedia.lse.ac.uk/management/20160606_UGcourse_MG206.mp4