PV237 Strategy and Leadership

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Michala Kozinová (lecturer)
RNDr. Martin Macák (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Eva Hladká, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Supplier department: Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:50 A217
Prerequisites
No pre-requisities are compulsory.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
- Equip student with thoughts and concepts they can build on to become world-class leaders and people managers. - Have students get close to the real-life experience in strategic decision making in a tough competitive environment via GLo-bus strategic simulation game. The students will be hired as co-managers at year 5 of a successful global company to meet a set of goals in year 11: Grow earnings per share, grow return on equity, achieve stock price gains, and maintain healthy credit and image rating. The students will thus familiarize themselves with strategic planning in the global company mastering marketing and financial cause-effect relations. It sounds tough, but it's actually fun and students from previous years not only scored within TOP 25 teams out of 2000+ playing globally, but they also recommended the game to everyone. - Prepare students for the challenges related to change management. - Make sure graduates can easily participate in strategic discussions by knowing the most common concepts and tools.
Syllabus
  • PV237 Strategy and Leadership The course will be delivered via lectures, workshops, brainstorming sessions and class discussion. The course delivers only as much theory as the graduates are likely to meet and need in the business world and students are encouraged to figure the theoretical concepts themselves wherever possible. The course consists of 3 major blocks: - Strategy: apart from figuring out key concepts of strategic planning, students will play a global strategic simulation game Glo-bus and compete against 2000+ teams globally. - Leadership: students will be invited to master the key leadership tool - storytelling. We will also discuss the concepts of confidence, body language, and leading through change. - Change Management is so important it will be discussed as a separate interactive block. - Coaching: students will be introduced to a coaching script they can use for leading through change but also in their daily lives.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Richard P. Rumelt (2011), The perils of bad strategy. In Mckinsey Quarterly, June (article)
  • Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad (1989), Strategic Intent. In Harvard Business Review, May-June (article)
  • Henry Mintzberg (1987), Crafting Strategy. In Harvard Business Review, July-Aug (article)
  • Cynthia A. Montgomery, “The Strategist: Be the Leader your Business Needs”. Harvard Business School, 2012
  • Gary Hamel (1996), Strategy as revolution. In Harvard Business Review, July-August (article)
Teaching methods
workshops, discussions, coaching, strategic business simulation
Assessment methods
- Leadership: 10 leadership stories per term, at least one presented to the class, at least 2 peer evaluation (feedback to the stories of fellow students) - Strategy: There will be strategic simulation game - amazing learning experience, a one-off opportunity to try to manage big global company and see the cause and effect of decisions that concern marketing, operations, R&D, social responsibility, salaries, advertisement, etc. Expected outside of classroom commitment is 30 - 40 hours. Students will have to complete all related assignments (2 quizzes with minimum 50% score, 2 practice rounds and 6 decision rounds, at least final peer evaluation of fellow co-managers in the game. They will also have to present their Glo-bus learning in the final presentation during the last two sessions of the term (dates will be set at the beginning of the course). Each team has to present and all team members have to present + attend at least one full presentation session.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Misa Kozinova is a coach, mentor, teacher and happy mom of three boys. She has 20 years experience in leadership roles in IT and has been recognized as a global leader earning a Chairman Award for Leadership in 2013. Her strongest skill set includes team engagement and motivation, coaching, and leadership through change in a fast-paced and unstructured complex environments. She is certified in coaching, project management, and she holds an MBA. degree (graduated with honors as the best student in her class in 2012).
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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