Postgraduate RMI-OMBA660-2019

Creating Business Strategy

Tackle the ethical challenges that designing business strategies can raise. Explore corporate issues from an international perspective.Combine your knowledge of business marketing, finance and human resource management and build strategic solutions.

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$4,560 $4,810

Your upfront cost: $0

International student?

2019

Duration

14 weeks

Student rating

3.39

Study method

100% online

Available loans

FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

15 Jul 2019
11 Nov 2019

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Subject details

What you'll learn

On the successful completion of this subject you will be able to:

apply strategic management knowledge to create an effective strategy for a business in an industry setting
use design thinking to develop and prioritise solutions to strategy problems and opportunities for a business
critically engage with and resolve ethical challenges of strategy design
interpret the international business environment to inform strategy design for sustainable, competitive advantage of an organisation.

Topics covered

- Introduction, Case Study Reading Technique and Case Study Analysis
- Strategy Process and Practice
- Thinking Strategically About the Firm and the Business Environment
- Managing Resources and Capabilities
- Creating Future Direction
- Business-Level Strategy
- Corporate-Level Strategy
- Managing Innovation, M & A, and the Dynamic Scope of the Firm
- Leading Organisational Change
- Business Strategy, Performance Measurement
- Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
Study resources
- Instructional methods
  - Discussion forum/Discussion Board
  - Embedded Multimedia
  - Web links
  - Online assignment submission
  - Standard Media

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

RMI-OMBA120

You are recommended to have completed the following subjects(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this subject:

RMI-OMBA600
RMI-BUSM4521-Design Thinking for Business (Executive)

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

In this subject you will gain an international strategic perspective on issues that concern the organisation. The subject integrates concepts from other MBA Executive subjects that cover specific areas of operating a business such as marketing, finance, accounting, human resource management and operations management, and uses these insights to provide you with a framework to design solutions to complex business problems and opportunities. The subject covers the evolution of the field of strategy and the need to balance strategy process, content and context.

Drawing on your professional experience you will explore the importance of business ethics including a well-developed ethics of governance regime to help achieve strategic organisational goals in an international business setting.

Assessments

Case Study & Presentation (40%)
Case Study Analysis Report (10%)
Take Home Exam (50%)

Textbooks

Current study term (14 Jul 19 to 20 Oct 19)

Click on the titles of the listed books below to find out more:

Strategic Management : The Challenge of Creating Value

FitzRoy, O'Shannassy et al

Required

Next study term (10 Nov 19 to 16 Feb 20)

Textbook information is pending.

Related degrees

postgraduate RMI-MBA-MAS-2019

Executive MBA