Strategy and Performance Management
Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
July 22, 2025
There is more vacuity about strategy than about any other topic in business today. John Kay, Financial Times in Mintzberg, Ahlstrand, and Lampel (2005)
This course will be taught using traditional synchronous lectures.
The focus of the classes is to discuss—not introduce—major concepts, tools and methods of strategic management.
The classes will be characterized by group work, discussions and short presentations.
The greatest amount of work is in preparing for and following up lectures in order to become sufficiently familiar with and understand the content.
It is necessary to prepare for each session, usually by reading a paper, details (see Table 1).
Please prepare your schedule accordingly.
In this course, we will have a look at following topics
During this course, you should advance your skills in the following areas:
There will we a written exam at the end of the semester.
The exam will
Date | Topic | Preparation |
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09.10.25 | Introduction | — |
16.10.25 | Strategy Definition and Schools | tbd |
23.10.25 | Competitive Analysis and Positioning | Read Hallegatte (2009) |
30.10.25 | Strategy Formation | tbd |
06.11.25 | Resource-based Advantages | tbd |
13.11.25 | Q&A Session (Zoom) | Your questions so far |
20.11.25 | Organizational Design | Listen to Decoder and read Lorenz and Buchwald (2023) |
27.11.25 | Ethics and Values | Read Barnett and Salomon (2012) |
11.12.25 | Corporate Performance Management | tbd |
18.12.25 | CPM and OKRs | tbd |
08.01.26 | IT Strategy and Digital Performance | Read Chen et al. (2010) |
15.01.26 | Case Study or Guest Speech | tbd |
22.01.26 | Exam Preparation | Your questions |