Strategic Management
Postgraduate
TAS-BMA799 2025Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $3,128
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Strategic Management
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Critically evaluate the practical application of foundational and contemporary strategic management theories, principles and processes.
- Analyse organisational strategies in a business.
- Communicate complex concepts and justify decision-making, in professional collaborative and written formats.
- Week 1 - Introduction to Strategic Management
- Week 2 - External Analysis
- Week 3 - Internal Analysis
- Week 4 - Business Level Strategy
- Week 5 - Critical Literature Review
- Week 6 - Corporate Level Strategy and Diversification
- Week 7 - Acquisition and Restructuring Strategies
- Week 8 - Cooperative Strategy
- Week 9 - Environmental Scanning
- Week 10 -International Strategy
- Week 11 - Organisational Structure and Controls
- Week 12 - Strategic Leadership
- Week 13 - SWOT Analysis and Strategy Development Plan
Strategic management today is a complex process requiring advanced skills. International expansion, network advantage, and resource optimisation pervade every aspect of this critical management skill. Successful managers need up-to-date guidance in the creation and implementation of effective strategy.
This subject is specifically designed to meet these requirements. The design, content, concepts and supportive readings all reflect current issues in strategic management. The subject focuses on the practice and concepts of strategic management through the introduction of appropriate theoretical models and frameworks. The central issue of the subject is the achievement of competitive advantage: internal and external drivers of competitive advantage, the link between strategy formulation and implementation, and the role of leadership, corporate governance and strategic entrepreneurship in this process.
- AT 1: Critical Literature Review (30%)
- AT 2: Environmental Scanning Presentation (30%)
- AT 3: SWOT Analysis and Strategy Development Plan (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-MPA-MAS-2025 - Master of Professional Accounting
- TAS-AQS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
- TAS-CDP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
- TAS-APD-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-ADH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-APG-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-AHE-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
- TAS-HSI-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-APH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-AMS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-AOP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AOR-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-ASC-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
- TAS-SCL-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-AWP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
- TAS-AQS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
- TAS-ADP-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
- TAS-CUC-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
- TAS-CCR-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
- TAS-APD-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-ADH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-APG-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-AHE-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
- TAS-HSI-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-APH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-AMS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-AOP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AOR-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-ASC-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
- TAS-SCL-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-AWP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
- TAS-CDP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Introductory tutorial (Wk 1), 1-hr weekly online class commencing Wk 2.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Professional Accounting
Postgraduate
TAS-MPA-MASGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AQS-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
Postgraduate
TAS-CDP-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
Postgraduate
TAS-APD-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
Postgraduate
TAS-ADH-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
Postgraduate
TAS-APG-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
Postgraduate
TAS-AHE-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
Postgraduate
TAS-HSI-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
Postgraduate
TAS-APH-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AMS-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOP-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOR-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
Postgraduate
TAS-ASC-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
Postgraduate
TAS-SCL-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
Postgraduate
TAS-AWP-GDIMaster of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AQS-MASGraduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
Postgraduate
TAS-ADP-GCEMaster of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
Postgraduate
TAS-CUC-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
Postgraduate
TAS-CCR-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
Postgraduate
TAS-APD-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
Postgraduate
TAS-ADH-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Governance)
Postgraduate
TAS-APG-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
Postgraduate
TAS-AHE-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
Postgraduate
TAS-HSI-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
Postgraduate
TAS-APH-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AMS-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOP-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOR-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
Postgraduate
TAS-ASC-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
Postgraduate
TAS-SCL-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
Postgraduate
TAS-AWP-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
Postgraduate
TAS-CDP-MAS