SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentIMBA Program, First Year IMBA Program, Second Year
Course NameStrategy and Business Modeling
InstructorLIU HSIU-MIN
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule





















































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Date



Content



Reading



Activity



1



9/16 (Sat)



9:10-17:30



Introduction



Today’s society and the relevant business issues



 




  1. Are you solving right problem?  



 



 



Knowing the peers



Group discussion:  How do you use mobile? Whether it is different from the author’s assertion? 



2



9/17 (Sun)



9:10-17:30



 



Introduction of business modeling –  



Customer Segment



Value Proposition



Product concept



 



 




  1. Can you say what your strategy is?  

  2. Business model design in an ecosystem context. 



 



 



Developing business concept



Developing empathy map



 



3



9/24 (Sun)



9:10-17:30



Business modeling – Channels and Customer Relations



 



 




  1. Four steps to creating a strategy in an uncertain world.

  2. Zara strategic analysis. 



 



Constructing sales and communication channels



 



4



10/21 (Sat)



9:10-17:30



Business modeling – 



Key resources & Key Partners



 



 




  1. Designing out of difficulty times 

  2. Customer Journeys. 



 



Mapping existing resources and developing key partners contact strategy



 



5



10/28 (Sat)



9:10-17:30



Business modeling – 



Planning for key activities and cost structure



 




  1. The power of design thinking.  



 



Developing key activities and cost structure



 



6



11/5 (Sun)



9:10-17:30



Presentation and group Discussion



 



 



Written final report will be due on 11/15/2021




 



 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading







































Class Participation and Discussion



 



10%



Article Presentations (20 points)



 



20%



Business concept with Analysis (15 points)



 



15%



BM Project



 



55%



   Empathy Map (15%)



 



 



          Final Presentation (20%)



Final report (20%)



 



TOTAL



 



100%



Textbook & Reference

Required Readings (Online)



 



 



Beneficial Readings:



 



Aaker, Jennifer (2011), “The power of storytelling: What nonprofits can teach private sectors about social media,” The McKinsey Quarterly, February, 1-6.



 



Anderson, Chris (2008), The Long Tail: Why the future of business is selling less of more, Hyperion.



 



Fisher, M.J., & Starr, K. (2009). Real Good, Not Feel Good.



 



Kim, W. Chan and Mauborgne, Renee (2005). Blue Ocean Strategy: How to create uncontested market space and make competition irrelevant, Mass: Harvard Business School Press.



 



Kohli, Ajay K. and Bernard J. Jaworski (1990), “Market orientation: The construct, research propositions, and managerial implications,” The Journal of Marketing, 54 (2), 1-18.



 



Li, Charlene and Josh Bernoff, Josh (2008). Groundswell: Winning in A World Transformed by Social Technologies, Boston, Mass: Harvard Business Press.



 



Osterwalder, Alexander and Pigneur, Yves (2010). Business Model Generation, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.



 



Payne, Adrian F., Storbacka, Kaj, and Frow Pennie (2008), “Managing the co-creation of value,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 36, 83-96.



 


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Attachment

2023 Syllabus_Strategy and BM.pdf