This corporate strategy course will serve as a capstone course for students in the area of management. The guiding philosophy for this course is that everything a student learns in management is relevant for the effective development of strategy in any organization. Therefore, only students in the final stages of their undergraduate degree will be eligible to take the course. The course will introduce students to core concepts in strategy, the tools that are used to monitor strategy in an organization and, the strategy development process in organizations.

Due to the increased competition that all organizations now face as world markets integrate the discipline of Strategy has gained greater recognition as an area of scholarly inquiry in the management discipline. Managers acknowledge that to effectively deal with the increased competition in their industry sector and to ensure the long-term viability of their firms, they will have to develop and execute effective corporate strategy in order to gain a competitive advantage. It is therefore important that all management students are exposed to the concepts and principles in corporate strategy to operate effectively in this increasingly competitive global marketplace.