School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Strategic Management
  • Unit Code

    MAN3503
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Pieter-jan BEZEMER

Description

This capstone unit aims to establish and expand on the fundamental concepts underlying the study of strategy, the process of strategic management, and the role of strategy in matching an organisation's competencies with its environment. The student will apply concepts in the analysis and development of strategies for business organisations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 240 credit points

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MAN3600, XCH9817

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise the theories, processes and role of strategy in relation to an organisation’s sustainable competitive advantage.
  2. Assess external and internal business environments that contribute to achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.
  3. Communicate complex information that relates to an organisation’s strategy formulation and implementation.
  4. Create strategic options for the future of an organisation that fit the external and internal environments.

Unit Content

  1. Strategic management and strategic competitiveness.
  2. The external environment.
  3. The internal environment.
  4. The different levels of strategies.
  5. Strategic leadership and strategic approaches for sustainability.
  6. Strategy implementation.
  7. Contemporary approaches to strategy.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

For on-campus students, the unit is delivered using technology enhanced learning which integrates digital experiences in preparation for in-class discussions and activities. During the workshops case studies and practical exercises will enhance student learning and allow students to apply theory to authentic situations. Online students develop equivalent knowledge and skills through interactive discussions using the Learning Management System. Opportunities will be provided for online students to participate in live technology-enabled sessions during the teaching period. All students have access to session recordings, resources and readings.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentIndustry Analysis and Presentation 40%
ParticipationParticipation in Online Discussions10%
ReportCompany Analysis50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentIndustry Analysis and Presentation 40%
ParticipationParticipation in Online Discussions10%
ReportCompany Analysis50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Grant, R., Murray, P. A., Orr, S. B., B., & Bezemer, P. (2021). Strategic Management Essentials (1., p. x,318). Milton, QLD: John Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1156470516

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Strategic Management
  • Unit Code

    MAN3503
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    5
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Pieter-jan BEZEMER

Description

This capstone unit aims to establish and expand on the fundamental concepts underlying the study of strategy, the process of strategic management, and the role of strategy in matching an organisation's competencies with its environment. The student will apply concepts in the analysis and development of strategies for business organisations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 210 credit points

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MAN3600, XCH9817

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise theories, processes and role of strategy in relation to an organisation’s sustainable competitive advantage.
  2. Assess external and internal business environments that contribute to achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.
  3. Communicate, individually and as a group, complex information that relates to an organisation’s strategy formulation and implementation.
  4. Create strategic options for the future of an organisation that fit the external and internal environments.

Unit Content

  1. Strategic management and strategic competitiveness.
  2. The external environment.
  3. The internal environment.
  4. The different levels of strategies.
  5. Strategic leadership and strategic approaches for sustainability.
  6. Strategy implementation.
  7. Contemporary approaches to strategy.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

For on-campus students, the unit is delivered using technology enhanced learning which integrates digital experiences in preparation for in-class discussions and activities. During the workshops case studies and practical exercises will enhance student learning and allow students to apply theory to authentic situations. Online students develop equivalent knowledge and skills through interactive discussions using the Learning Management System. Opportunities will be provided for online students to participate in live technology-enabled sessions during the teaching period. All students have access to session recordings, resources and readings.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentIndustry Analysis and Presentation 40%
ParticipationParticipation in Online Discussions10%
ReportCompany Analysis50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentIndustry Analysis and Presentation 40%
ParticipationParticipation in Online Discussions10%
ReportCompany Analysis50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Grant, R., Murray, P. A., Orr, S. B., B., & Bezemer, P. (2021). Strategic Management Essentials (1., p. x,318). Milton, QLD: John Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1156470516

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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