Grand Strategy: Concept, History, Applications
This course covers topics such as strategy in the business & economics realm, grand strategy in politics and warfare, strategic leadership and organisational agenda building & use of staff.
Schedule:
April 2023 - May 2023
Teaching time:
Daytime
Location:
Espoo
Topic:
Leadership and strategy
Form of learning:
On-campus
Provider:
Aalto University Open University
Level:
Intermediate
Credits:
6 By Aalto University (ECTS)
Fee:
€ 90.00
Application period:
27.3.2023
– 17.4.2023
Course description
Content
- Course introduction & welcome
- Strategy in the business & economics realm: key discourses and blind spots
- Grand strategy in politics and warfare: a historical approach
- Analysing (the lack of) grand strategy: case Nokia, 1986-2021
- Making it happen: strategic leadership
- Organisational agenda building & use of staff
- Grand strategy course paper presentations (5 sessions, 2-3 during each session)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will:
- Understand the concept and discourse on grand strategy in different research settings (political/diplomatic, military, economics, business)
- Understand how the concept has been applied to the study of the evolution of grand strategies in different organisational settings
- Be able to present (both in oral and written report form) an analysis of the evolution of grand strategies in chosen organisational settings, subject to change due to global political, social and economic ‘megatrends’. An emphasis should be put on insights as to how the grand strategy of the chosen actor is likely to develop in the future as the impact of the identified megatrends becomes clearer.
