Area: | Graduate School of Business |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 306052 (v.2) Business Strategy and International Business 660 or any previous version
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Prerequisite(s): | 5282 (v.6) Marketing Management 555 or any previous version
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6431 (v.5) Strategic Information Management 660 or any previous version
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13242 (v.2) Business Performance 660 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | A capstone unit that introduces a range of topics related to business strategy. It covers internal and external drivers of strategy allowing students to develop a comprehensive understanding of the strategy process in relation to both business and corporate level strategy. Covers both strategy formulation and implementation. Taught primarily through the use of case studies, there is a significant emphasis on managing in turbulent and internationally focused environments. |
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Unit Outcomes: | The primary aim of this unit is to provide the context in which students might develop their strategic awareness, their strategic thinking abilities and their strategic management skills. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Grant, R. (1998), Contemporary Strategy Analysis. 3rd ed. Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishers. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Group case study 35%. Individual Mini-case 25%. Individual theory assignment 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 80300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Perth City Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Perth City Campus | Trimester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Perth City Campus | Trimester 3 | Y | | | | 2004 | Kemuda Resrce Agncy Brunei | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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