RiseLadders Digital Library
Welcome to the RiseLadders Library Spot – your central hub for academic and professional resources.
Here you will find:

Core Open Access Textbooks and eBooks (OER)

 Peer-reviewed journals and open-access research articles

Industry and policy reports (World Bank, McKinsey, Deloitte, OECD, etc.)

 Research tools such as Google Scholar and CORE for journal access

Curated video lectures and tutorials

The library is organized by subject area (e.g., Strategic Management, HRM, Leadership) to support your learning and assignments.

This Level 7 unit provides learners with an in-depth understanding of strategic management, focusing on the definition and importance of strategy, levels of strategy (corporate, business, functional), deliberate vs. emergent strategies, and real-world applications. Learners will examine frameworks from Johnson, Scholes & Whittington, Porter, and Mintzberg, and apply them to organizations such as Amazon, Nokia, and Samsung. The unit encourages reflection, case study analysis, and critical discussion of strategy in the context of modern business challenges, including AI disruption