This capstone unit takes a general, integrating perspective and is concerned with setting the strategic direction of organisations. The most important outcome from undertaking the unit is that students better consider how managers and organisations can think and act in a strategic way. The unit predominately uses case studies to improve the strategic thinking capability of students. A number of topics are considered—What is strategy? How does strategy happen within organisations? vision, strategy and values; analysing environmental forces and searching for a sustainable competitive advantage; competitor positioning and game theory; the impact of disruptive technologies on business model... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: MGMT5501 Organisational Behaviour; ACCT5602 Accounting (formerly MGMT8502 Accounting); ECON5503 Economic Management and Strategy (formerly MGMT8503 Economic Management and Strategy); MGMT5504 Data Analysis and Decision Making; MGMT5505 International Manag