STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

BUA5SM

2015

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject introduces students to the rigorous thought processes involved in strategic thinking. The focus is on the activities and strategic decision-making processes of a senior management team. This subject will prepare students for active positions in the consulting industry, or the corporate headquarters role. The subject will expand the student's understanding of strategy and its relevance to the concept of competitive advantage, and will include considerations of complexity, contingency and change in the general environment. The subject analyses the issues of the strategic process, plans and patterns, competition and control.

School: La Trobe Business School

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Bret Slade

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in LMMBA or HZMBHA or LMMBAH or LMMBAA or LZFABA to do this subject.

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Strategic Management Competitiveness and Globalisation, Concepts and Cases	Prescribed	Hitt, Ireland and Hodkinson	11TH EDITION, SOUTH-WESTERN

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. To apply skills and expertise enabling the constructive participation in strategic development and execution.

Activities:: Assessment tasks constructed to enable candidates to develop SM skills and exptertise
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research); Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking); Speaking(Speaking); Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving); Writing(Writing)

02. To articulate diverse theoretical positions describing strategic management and to write critically about strategic management issues.

Activities:: Class lectures, discussion and readings cover theoretical positions around strategic management. Assessment provides opportunity to critically engage with these theoretical positions
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Writing(Writing); Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research); Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving); Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking); Speaking(Speaking)

03. To demonstrate an engagement with body of knowledge and fundamental issues surrounding the practice of strategic management.

Activities:: Class lectures, discussion and readings cover key issues around strategic management. Assessment provides opportunity to critically engage with these issues.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking); Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving); Speaking(Speaking); Writing(Writing); Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)

City Campus, 2015, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Bret Slade

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.0 hours seminar per week on any day including weekend at night from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
One 1,500-word individual paper	1500 word paper with reference to peer reviewed academic journal articles, text books and management literature.	40	01, 02, 03
One group assignment with viva voce	(3-4 students per group, at 2,500 words per person) with viva voce (5mins per student) comprising a significant case study analysis with reference to peer reviewed academic journal articles, text books and management literature.	30	01, 02, 03
One x 1.5-hour mid semester case study based class test	Equivalent 1000 words.	30	02, 03

Vietnam, 2015, Week 37-38, Day