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SAY 526 - Strategic Management in Health Institutions

Graduate Education Institute · Health Management · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Mehveş TARIM

Course Objective

The aim of strategic management course, strategy; Vision, mission, policy and tactics to understand the enterprise's resources and talents as well as the types of decisions and decisions to be made about the future by analyzing the environment in which the enterprise is operating and the environment in which it operates.

Course Content

Management and strategy concept, health business and strategy, strategy- structure- business functions relation, mission, vision, policy, general industry environment, environmental analysis, ability and value analysis, basic and sub-strategies, corporate-business-unit strategies, implementation of strategies, strategic control, case study.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Know strategy and related concepts (Vision, mission, politics, tactics, goal etc.).
  2. Knows analysis techniques related to strategic management.
  3. The management can develop strategies according to the management stage and objectives.
  4. Basic concepts of strategic management, approaches, issues interpretation, Analyzing businesses in the context of strategic management to gain necessary knowledge, skills and competence to students

Core Area Distribution

(34) Business and Administration%50 (72) Health%50

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)14342
Out of Class Study Period14228
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment133
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Terms and Concepts Related to Strategic ManagementPreparation from the source book.
2Strategic Management Process and Its ElementsPreparation from the source book.
3External Enviroment AnalysisPreparation from the source book.
4Business AnalysisPreparation from the source book.
5Measurement of Environmental Elements and Determination MatricesPreparation from the source book.
6Organizational OrientationPreparation from the source book.
7Basic Strategies and Sub-groupsPreparation from the source book.
8Senior Management Strategies: Corporate StrategiesPreparation from the source book.
9Business Management Strategies: Competitive StrategiesPreparation from the source book.
10MidtermMidterm
11Functional Strategies: Functional Segment StrategiesPreparation from the source book.
12Application of Strategies-1: Business Structures and SystemsPreparation from the source book.
13Application of Strategies-2: Management Styles and Shared ValuesPreparation from the source book.
14Strategic Assessment and ControlPreparation from the source book.
15Strategic Assessment and ControlPreparation from the source book.
16Final ExamFinal Exam