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An understanding of organisational strategy and change is essential in highly uncertain and competitive business environments. In this capstone unit, you will explore major conceptual frameworks in strategy and their relevance to developing a strategic plan for a specific case. You will develop an understanding of the processes used in strategy development and implementation. This will encompass an understanding of how internal and external pressures influence strategic decision making and any consequential changes likely to impact an organisation's business model. You will acquire skills to assess industry forces, undertake scenario analysis, and how to assess an organisation's capabilities and competencies to achieve competitive advantage. In the interconnected world of business, the unit concludes with an examination of how organisations might use alliances and other strategies of cooperation to grow in dynamically changing local and global markets.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Completion of 48 credit points in business units
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Offerings For Term 1 - 2026
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from External university peer review of MGMT19128
The authentic assessments are well-designed and relate to real-life industry scenarios.
Maintain the strategic focus on industry challenges, supported by industry speakers where possible.
Feedback from External university peer review of MGMT19128
Both assessments offer students the opportunity to reflect on the interrelationships between the knowledge, theory and practice they have learned in the unit.
Conceptual frameworks support robust analysis of emerging strategic issues for industry.
Feedback from External university peer review of MGMT19128
The assessment instructions are clear and are complemented by a rubric which explicitly sets out the tasks required.
Clarity of assessment tasks is also complemented by weekly workshop discussions that apply relevant frameworks.
Feedback from External university peer review of MGMT19128
Effective curriculum delivery: The positive student feedback regarding the course coordinator/lecturer is pleasing to read and strongly evidences the high teaching quality.
Strategy and Change is a dynamic field of professional practice. Knowledge and skills acquired in the unit will be extremely useful for career development.
Feedback from External university peer review of MGMT19128
The strategic plan is a sophisticated assessment task providing students a real-world opportunity to analyse and interpret multi-concept issues as well as provide recommendations by drawing on relevant theories.
The complexity of strategic analysis is more easily understood through the application of validated frameworks and critical analysis. These strategic management skills are essential for companies to prosper in challenging conditions.