Program Overview

Overview

This unit examines how organisations can develop and reshape their strategies to enable growth in a context of changing technology, business models, and market structures. Topics covered include positioning for growth through external analysis, building competitive advantage through internal analysis, growing through effective corporate strategy, dealing proactively with strategic risk and uncertainty, and building strategic agility through business model innovation.

Unit Details and Rules

• Academic unit: Management Education
• Credit points: 6
• Prerequisites: None
• Corequisites: None
• Prohibitions: SMBA6002
• Assumed knowledge: None
• Available to study abroad and exchange students: No

Teaching Staff

• Coordinator: Krithika Randhawa

Assessment

• Assignment: Case study 1 - 20% - Due Week 05 - Video (5 minutes maximum)
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
• Presentation: Pitch Presentation - 20% - Due Week 06 - 15 minutes
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
• Assignment: Case study 2 - 30% - Due Week 08 - Video interview (10 minutes maximum)
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
• Assignment: Organisational sustainability assessment - 20% - Due Week 09 - 1500 words
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
• Participation: Participation - 10% - Weekly
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment Summary

• Case study 1: This assignment requires you to act as a strategy consultant to an organisation of your choice. You will provide a strategic analysis and two recommendations that allow the organisation to build or grow an ecosystem strategy.
• Case study 2: This assessment comprises two parts that ask you to reflect on the key concepts introduced in this unit and your experience in making real-world strategic decisions.
• Organisational sustainability assessment: In this assessment task, you are required to reflect on and analyse how you can apply key concepts and principles of sustainability introduced in this subject to your organisation.
• Presentation: In this assignment, you will work as a group of strategy consultants to prepare a strategic analysis and recommendations for an organisation belonging to specific industry sectors.
• Participation: The grade for participation includes class attendance, punctuality, and in-class contributions.

Learning Support

• Simple extensions
• Special consideration
• Using AI responsibly
• Support for students

Weekly Schedule

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

• LO1: Comprehend and apply a variety of tools and approaches related to strategy formulation and implementation
• LO2: Evaluate organisational strategies and propose solutions for strategic issues in a variety of business contexts and industries
• LO3: Critique and understand the limitations of strategy concepts
• LO4: Explore ways that ethical and socially responsible elements might be integrated into strategy formulation and implementation
• LO5: Effectively communicate about strategic issues

Graduate Qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course.

• GQ1: Depth of disciplinary expertise
• GQ2: Critical thinking and problem solving
• GQ3: Oral and written communication
• GQ4: Information and digital literacy
• GQ5: Inventiveness
• GQ6: Cultural competence
• GQ7: Interdisciplinary effectiveness
• GQ8: Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity
• GQ9: Influence

Outcome Map

Learning outcomes | Graduate qualities ---|--- GQ1 | GQ2 | GQ3 | GQ4 | GQ5 | GQ6 | GQ7 | GQ8 | GQ9

Responding to Student Feedback

This section outlines changes made to this unit following staff and student reviews.

No changes have been made since this unit was last offered.

Additional Information

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