306561 (v.1) Strategic Management for Leaders 610

Area:

Graduate School of Business

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

This unit focuses on the two areas of business strategy and financial management. Students will be introduced to the practice and theory of strategic management as well as contemporary strategic financial management techniques. There is also a strong focus on the study of management's use of internal accounting information in enabling the effective guidance and control of their organisations and improving decision-making in a changing business environment. The coursework is designed to give students theopportunity to develop awareness, thinking abilities and management skills in the area of strategy, as well as cover a disparate collection of techniques and practices in the area of financial management, with an emphasis on the behavioural aspects associated with such information.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

080399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Perth City Campus	Study Period 10	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External