MG4A5 Half Unit
Behavioural Strategy
This information is for the 2024/25 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Veronica Rappoport, MAR.6.28
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MSc in Management and Strategy. This course is available on the MSc in Management (1 Year Programme). This course is not available as an outside option.
Course content
The objective of this course is to provide students with a critical appreciation of behavioural economics and game theory relevant for strategic management. This course will help students to understand how managers in the real world ought to read situations from an economic and strategic angle. The course emphasises the participation of firms in global markets, both for inputs of production as for output sales. Attention will be given to conceptual underpinnings.
Teaching
30 hours of seminars in the AT.
Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with Departmental policy.
Formative coursework
Students will be given formative feedback on group work undertaken during the weekly seminars.
Indicative reading
Reading material will be provided via Moodle
Assessment
Exam (85%, duration: 2 hours) in the spring exam period.
Class participation (15%) in the AT.
Key facts
Department: Management
Total students 2023/24: 86
Average class size 2023/24: 43
Controlled access 2023/24: No
Value: Half Unit
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Personal development skills
- Team working
- Application of numeracy skills
- Commercial awareness
