Strategic management - Porter's five forces and generic strategies, Porter's value chain - influence upon organisational structure. The resource-based view of the firm (core and key competence), does industry matter? Competitive strategy, cooperative strategy and 'co-opetition', McKinsey's seven S's (strategy, structure, skills, style, staff, shared values, system), corporate strategy (the role of the corporate centre), portfolio theory and conglomerates, 'new' economy versus 'old' economy business models - Is there a difference? Operations management - principles of scientific management (Taylorism), theory of constraints (Goldratt), critical path project management, 'Lean' production... -- Course Website