MGF3684 - Business strategy - Monash University

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Overview

Business strategy is typically formulated by senior management and is a pivotal, inherently social, component of managing, shrouded in ambiguity. Implementing strategy throughout an organisation is complex, requiring creativity and insight to navigate cross-functional boundaries in order to build synergies. This unit draws from a range of management disciplines and considers conventional and contemporary approaches to business strategy, such as pursuit of shareholder value and value to society and the environment. You will develop skills for collaborating by exploring the politics of decision making for self and others.

Offerings

S1-01-CAULFIELD-ON-CAMPUS

S2-01-CAULFIELD-ON-CAMPUS

Requisites

Prohibition

Prerequisite

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Professor Dean Xu

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:

understand business strategy creation and implementation as an ambiguous process

create an organisation and group member analysis based on conventional business strategy concepts

evaluate the influence of contemporary issues and critical perspectives on business strategy

analyse and apply the critical diversity framework to the micro-foundations of strategy implementation.

Teaching approach

Enquiry-based learning

Assessment

1 - Within semester assessment

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures

Tutorials

Workshops

Workload requirements

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.