AGR9275: Strategic Management in Agribusiness

Strategic Management in Agribusiness is an advanced MSc-level module that transitions you from operational management to high-level strategic leadership in the volatile global food and agriculture sector. Taught by Dr. Mulinga Narcisse, the course equips you with critical thinking skills and analytical frameworks to navigate biological risks, price volatility, policy shifts and sustainability demands. You will master environment scanning, apply Resource-Based View and Industrial Organization theories, formulate competitive and corporate strategies, and develop effective implementation plans aligning structure, culture, resources and leadership. By integrating ethics, sustainability and technological innovation into decision-making, this module prepares you to formulate, implement and evaluate strategies that achieve sustainable competitive advantage and transform agribusiness enterprises.