Rockwell School of Business
Undergraduate

Term: Fall 2025
Session: Full Term (Aug 25 - Dec 12)
Start Date: Monday, Aug 25, 2025
End Date: Friday, Dec 12, 2025
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Tues./Thurs.
Time: 12:30 PM to 01:45 PM

This advanced course delves into the analytical frameworks managers employ to formulate and execute business and corporate strategies. The primary objective remains achieving sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) where organizations consistently outperform competitors. The relevance of these strategic management concepts extends beyond the business realm offering valuable insights for personal and professional objectives.In alignment with the evolving business landscape the course emphasizes the identification and cultivation of 'distinctive competencies' for attaining SCA. Drawing parallels to individual strengths and weaknesses students learn to analyze and leverage organizational strengths while mitigating weaknesses crucial life skills applicable to strategic decision-making.The dynamic nature of the business environment is explored considering competitive actions regulatory changes and technological disruptions. Defining sustainability in the context of competitive advantage becomes pivotal recognizing the need for adaptability and foresight.Competitive positioning strategies are examined encompassing the establishment of defensible cost or differentiation advantages operational scope considerations (vertical horizontal diversification and global) and the development of supportive organizational systems. The course balances breadth and depth by comprehensively covering strategic management concepts and delving into case discussions and team projects focused on specific companies.A unique aspect of attending a university is the opportunity to interact with faculty actively contributing to the field. This course leverages faculty expertise exploring recent and ongoing research topics in strategic management. The interdisciplinary nature of the field is emphasized drawing from diverse fields such as sociology technology biology and psychology.Students are equipped with a toolbox of time-tested and relevant analytical tools and framew