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Course Syllabus

Course Type: Recognized Prior Learning Granted for MBA Degree Holders

Course Code: DBA811

Course Name: Competitive Analysis

Course Outline

This course is designed for students who are thinking of doing a research project in business administration. In this course students will learn how firms behave in situations in which strategic decisions are interdependent, i.e. where their actions affect competitors' profits and vice versa. Using the basic tools of game theory, students will analyze how firms choose strategies to attain competitive advantage. This course is about the behavior of companies in competitive markets. Facing competition forces firms to look ahead and anticipate developments: If rivals are likely to react to a price cut, a firm will have to take the expected reaction into account. Students focus on such instances of “strategic interdependencies” in real business situations. Students will first study the basic concepts of game theory as a toolbox and then analyze strategic “games” in real-life settings. Rather than a set of checklists of “how-to-behave” in a number of pre-specified situations, this course will teach students to think about business strategy in a systematic and exciting - and ultimately more successful way.

Course Syllabus

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WHAT TO DO NEXT (If you are interested in this course)

Students please note that all ‘Value’ courses must be done via Calwest Tubeclasses. However for the Core building block and Electives courses students will have four alternatives choices for completing the course.

Please Click on One Choice from List Below and then Scroll Down to Register.

  1. undertaking the course via Tubeclasses (if available) ($ 800.00) ;
  2. undertaking (free) MOOC courses and having the assessments suitably externally proctored and then applying to Calwest for credit towards their degree program ($ 25 per course);
  3. undertaking similar courses elsewhere (including MOOC Courses) and having them assesses for credit by Calwest professors via a Challenge Exam ($ 250 per course);

    4. OR

  4. (4) applying for Prior Learning Credit for a course done in the past from a recognized institution ($ 25 per course).

If you wish to undertake the Calwest Tubeclass for this course, the lecture topic PowerPoint’s that relate to the text book will be provided upon payment of the course fee ($ 250). The link to the recommended MOOC provider will also be provided, and can be used as a supplementary vehicle for those undertaking the course. Students however have the choice of undertaking a MOOC course without enrolling in a Tubeclass, but need to have their assessments suitably proctored. Some Calwest elective courses do not have a Tubeclass, and in such cases students need to undertake the course via a MOOC offering, or at another accredited university.

 

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