Managing Strategic Change
UndergraduateGRF-IBA3152024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Managing Strategic Change
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject, you should be able to:
- Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding about the dynamic nature of business organisation and the role of strategy in sustaining competitive advantage.
- Apply students’ knowledge and practice of strategy to create, implement, demonstrate and evaluate an organisation’s strategy.
- Critically analyse business cases in developing, implementing, and managing organisational strategy.
- Apply a range of key strategic management theories and models to interpret, analyse and make recommendations on practical business challenges and problems.
ASSURANCE OF LEARNING
This course evaluates student performance for Assurance of Learning purposes for the program learning objective (PLO): Effectively communicate with diverse audiences through a variety of modes and media.
- Introduction: What is Strategy?
- Strategic Position (1): Macro-environment analysis
- Strategic Position (2): Industry and sector analysis
- Strategic Position (3): Resources and capabilities analysis
- Strategic Position (4): Stakeholder and governance, and institution
- Strategic Choices (1): Business strategy
- Strategic Choices (2): Corporate strategy
- Strategic Choices (3): International strategy
- Strategic Choices (4): Mergers, acquisitions, and alliances
- Strategy in Action (1): Strategy evaluation
- Strategy in Action (2): Strategy development process and practice of strategy
- The future of strategy and strategic change
This course is aimed at final year undergraduate business students wishing to develop greater understanding of some of the complex strategic issues facing organisations today and in the future. In a marketplace where organisations are continually being disrupted through industry landscape change and technological innovation, strategic management can be the key to delivering a solid bottom line. As traditional sources of competitive advantage are being eroded, managing strategic change is becoming a crucial factor in the survival and performance of business organisations. As parts of this course, students will explore the following broad areas: the concepts and techniques of strategic position, strategic analysis and implementation at the business and corporate levels. These will include the external environment, competitive industry dynamics, resources and capabilities, stakeholders and governance, business and corporate strategic choices, international strategy, mergers and acquisitions, strategy evaluation, the strategy development process and the practice of strategy.
Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed: 3112IBA/IBA312 Management Strategy and Decision Making or 3050IBA Managing Strategic Change.
- Video presentation/pitch (30%)
- Case analysis report (50%)
- Strategy Reflection (20%)
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- 0.125 EFTSL
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