Course Brief
This course is all about making the right strategic choices, examining the ways in which these can be made and the means by which they can be achieved. Competitive Strategy develops a set of analytical approaches and tools to help formulate and evaluate these strategies topic by topic.
- 45-60 Contact Hours
- Analysis of the environment.
- Strategies for competitive advantage.
- The evolution of competitive advantage.
- Vertical links and moves.
- Horizontal links and moves.
- International strategy.
- Making the moves.
- Master in Business Administration - MBA
The Edinburgh Business School MBA, Heriot-Watt University has been ranked as Europe's Largest Distance Learning MBA and the second largest in the world by the Financial Times Newspaper survey of approximately 20 of the top global distance learning MBAs.
With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and practical, leading-edge research, which has made them one of the top UK universities for business and industry.
Heriot-Watt University is a vibrant, forward-looking university, well known for the quality of their degrees with employers actively seeking out there graduates.
Heriot-Watt is also Scotland’s most international university with an unsurpassed international in-country presence. They deliver programmes to 11,800 students in 150 countries around the world.
ACCA graduates can gain a fast-track entry through free-of-charge credit transfer and exemption when they matriculate for the MSc. in Financial Management or the MBA programme offered by Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University.
Entitlement to credit transfer or exemption will be assessed on an individual basis. A maximum of four exemptions from the nine-module programme may be available. Click here for further information.
ACCREDITATION
Heriot Watt University is accredited by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) UK
Ranked in the Complete University Guide 2018
- 28th in the UK and 3rd in Scotland
- Ranked in the top 25% in the UK for 10 subjects – Accounting & Finance, Art & Design, Building, Business & Management Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, and Mechanical Engineering
There are two tuition intakes per year for all courses:
- January - May
- July - November
EVENTS
MASTERS INFORMATION SESSIONS:
- Champs Fleurs
Saturday, May 12th, 2018 10:00 am - 11:30 am
- San Fernando
Saturday, May 5th, 2018 10:00 am - 11:30 am
REGISTRATION DATES FOR THE JULY 2018 SEMESTER:
- June 4th – June 30th, 2018
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- MBA with Specialism in Strategic Planning
It takes skill, determination and of course, specialist knowledge.
Our specialist MBAs give you just that depth of understanding, this programme encompasses the same seven core courses of the standard MBA, but, instead of the two elective courses, you take four specialist course in Strategic Planning.
Designed for individuals who are, or intend to become, Senior Managers holding substantive positions in large public or private sector organisations.
ACCREDITATION
Heriot-Watt University is accredited by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) UK
Ranked in the Complete University Guide 2018
- 28th in the UK and 3rd in Scotland
- Ranked in the top 25% in the UK for 10 subjects – Accounting & Finance, Art & Design, Building, Business & Management Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, and Mechanical Engineering
There are two tuition intakes per year for all courses:
- January - May
- July - November
EVENTS
MASTERS INFORMATION SESSIONS:
- Champs Fleurs
Saturday, May 12th, 2018 10:00 am - 11:30 am
- San Fernando
Saturday, May 5th, 2018 10:00 am - 11:30 am
REGISTRATION DATES FOR THE JULY 2018 SEMESTER:
- June 4th – June 30th, 2018
EBS Prospectus
VIEW OTHER EBS HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY MASTERS DEGREE
- MSc. Strategic Planning
The MSc. in Strategic Planning is the capstone of the core modules in the MBA programme as it draws from the main business disciplines covered in the other six core modules.
This course is designed to assist managers to develop an overall strategic understanding of the organization beyond any one functional area. It looks at the fundamental questions at the heart of strategic planning “What does an organisation want to achieve? How does it go about achieving it?” and helps to formulate suitable answers.
In a world of rapid change, organisations that can identify, design and effectively and efficiently implement these needs are more likely to survive and prosper.
ACCREDITATION
Heriot-Watt University is accredited by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) UK
Ranked in the Complete University Guide 2018
- 28th in the UK and 3rd in Scotland
- Ranked in the top 25% in the UK for 10 subjects – Accounting & Finance, Art & Design, Building, Business & Management Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, and Mechanical Engineering
There are two tuition intakes per year for all courses:
- January - May
- July - November
EVENTS
MASTERS INFORMATION SESSIONS:
- Champs Fleurs
Saturday, May 12th, 2018 10:00 am - 11:30 am
- San Fernando
Saturday, May 5th, 2018 10:00 am - 11:30 am
REGISTRATION DATES FOR THE JULY 2018 SEMESTER:
- June 4th – June 30th, 2018
EBS Prospectus
VIEW OTHER EBS HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY MASTERS DEGREE