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GSB600 Strategic Management for Professional Practice

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
ISBT Sydney ISBT Semester 1 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
ISBT Sydney ISBT Semester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
ISBT Sydney ISBT Summer On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
TOP Sydney TOP - Trimester 1 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
TOP Sydney TOP - Trimester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
TOP Sydney TOP - Trimester 3 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in GradCertProfAcc or MCom(ProfAcc) or MCom or MBus or MBusRes or MBusResHons or MBus or MAdminLead or MPABus
Co-requisites None
Restrictions GSB725 or MM300
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Allastair Hall (ahall4@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit deals with concepts, methods and analytical tools necessary for understanding the dynamic nature of strategic management in different organisations. Its objective is to enable professionals to deal creatively with strategy issues and to develop meaningful solutions in professional practice, client business and larger bureaucratic contexts. The unit offers a practical, hands-on approach to strategic analysis as the foundation for strategy formulation, provides an in-depth discussion of the development of strategic alternatives and presents methodologies for improving the calibre of strategy implementation and execution.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Crafting and Executing Strategy:The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases
ISBN: 9780073530420
Thompson, A.A., Strickland, A.J. and Gamble, J.E., McGraw-Hill 17th ed. 2009
Text refers to: Trimester 1; ISBT Semesters 1 and 2; TOP Trimesters 1 and 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 20% Off Campus
Assessment Notes
Multiple choice examination - approx 40 questions (online)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 and 2 GA: 1, 3, 6, 7 and 8
Assignment 1 20% ISBT/TOP On Campus
Assessment Notes
Multiple choice examination - approx 40 questions (online)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 GA: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8
Assignment 2 20% ISBT/TOP On Campus 2000
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Assignment 2 30% Off Campus 2000
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
Final Examination 2 hrs 50% Off Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8
Final Examination 2 hrs 60% ISBT/TOP On Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate the ability to think strategically about a professional practice or other professional organisation; its present business position; its long-term direction; its resources and competitive capabilities; the calibre of its strategy; and its opportunities for gaining sustainable competitive advantage;
  2. demonstrate the ability to think strategically about a client's organisation; its present business position; its long-term direction; its resources and competitive capabilities; the calibre of its strategy; and its opportunities for gaining sustainable competitive advantage;
  3. perform the managerial tasks associated with implementing and executing strategies.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
The unit provides comprehensive current instruction in all aspects of the discipline. The mulitple choice examination, assignment and the final examination are used to assess the students knowledge. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Integrated into group exercises, presentation requirements and the assessments. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The unit deals with emerging international and global environmental strategic issues. The students knowledge of these issues is specifically assessed. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students are required to use a variety of textual sources to build their undrestanding of the unit matrial and to distill and use that information in the essay and examination assessments. 		False True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The unit sets students up to apply what they have learned in all aspects of both their private and professional lives. The analytical skills taught, applied and assessed will contribute to the students ability to engage effectively in lifelong learning. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
The unit requires students to critcally examine, assess and formulate strategic responses to complex organisational scenarios. The assessments are designed to test critical analytical problem solving skills. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Social responsibilty in an organisational strategic context is specifically dealt with in the course material and the assessments. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students attending residential schools are required to work in small groups in a problem solving environment. 		True True False
   

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