Key information

Teaching department:  UCL School of Management
Credit value:  15
Restrictions:  This module is only available to UCL MBA students. You must have first completed the Business Strategy module.

Most large companies – and many quite small ones – are not single businesses but groups, comprising a portfolio of separate business units and one or more levels of corporate management. Suppose you are the CEO of a multi-business company, an advisor to the CEO, a business unit manager who wants to collaborate with another business unit, or leading a start-up and interested in expanding into a new business. Which corporate strategies can you use to compete as a collection of multiple businesses? This module focuses on the strategic questions relevant to corporate portfolios.

By the end of this module, you should be able to:

• understand the difference between business and corporate strategy
• select among alternative diversification moves
• advise on the appropriateness of an M&A
• select among alternative divestiture moves
• recommend an appropriate role for corporate headquarters
• discuss and debate module topics with leaders from other cultures and industries.

Methods of assessment:

Mark scheme:  Letter grades

Module leader:  Enrico Forti

Who to contact for more information:  admissions@onlinelearning.ucl.ac.uk