Strategic Management
PostgraduateTAS-BMA7992027
Course information for 2027 intake View information for 2026 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 27 June 2027
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $3,383
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Strategic Management
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Critically evaluate the practical application of foundational and contemporary strategic management theories, principles and processes.
- Analyse organisational strategies in a business.
- Communicate complex concepts and justify decision-making in professional collaborative and written formats.
- Introduction to Strategic Management
- External Analysis
- Internal Analysis
- Business Level Strategy
- Critical Literature Review
- Corporate Level Strategy and Diversification
- Acquisition and Restructuring Strategies
- Cooperative Strategy
- Environmental Scanning
- International Strategy
- Organisational Structure and Controls
- Strategic Leadership
- SWOT Analysis and Strategy Development Plan
Strategic management today is a complex process requiring advanced skills. International expansion, network advantage, and resource optimisation pervade every aspect of this critical management skill. Successful managers need up-to-date guidance in the creation and implementation of effective strategy.
This subject is specifically designed to meet these requirements. The design, content, concepts and supportive readings all reflect current issues in strategic management. The subject focuses on the practice and concepts of strategic management through the introduction of appropriate theoretical models and frameworks. The central issue of the subject is the achievement of competitive advantage: internal and external drivers of competitive advantage, the link between strategy formulation and implementation, and the role of leadership, corporate governance and strategic entrepreneurship in this process.
- AT 1: Critical Literature Review (30%)
- AT 2: Environmental Scanning Presentation (30%)
- AT 3: SWOT Analysis and Strategy Development Plan (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-APM-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
- TAS-APM-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
- TAS-ADH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-AOR-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-ADH-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-AQS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
- TAS-AQS-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
- TAS-AMS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-AMS-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-SCL-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-SCL-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-AOR-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-AOP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AOP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-HSI-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-HSI-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-APD-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-APD-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-ADP-GCE-2027 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
- TAS-CDP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
- TAS-CDP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
- TAS-CUC-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
- TAS-CCR-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
- TAS-APG-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-APG-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-APH-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-APH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-AWP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
- TAS-AWP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
- TAS-MPA-MAS-2027 - Master of Professional Accounting
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Online class 1-hour weekly
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
PostgraduateTAS-APM-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
PostgraduateTAS-APM-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
PostgraduateTAS-ADH-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
PostgraduateTAS-AOR-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
PostgraduateTAS-ADH-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
PostgraduateTAS-AQS-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
PostgraduateTAS-AQS-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
PostgraduateTAS-AMS-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
PostgraduateTAS-AMS-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
PostgraduateTAS-SCL-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
PostgraduateTAS-SCL-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
PostgraduateTAS-AOR-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
PostgraduateTAS-AOP-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
PostgraduateTAS-AOP-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
PostgraduateTAS-HSI-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
PostgraduateTAS-HSI-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
PostgraduateTAS-APD-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
PostgraduateTAS-APD-GDI
Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
PostgraduateTAS-ADP-GCE
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
PostgraduateTAS-CDP-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
PostgraduateTAS-CDP-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
PostgraduateTAS-CUC-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
PostgraduateTAS-CCR-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
PostgraduateTAS-APG-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
PostgraduateTAS-APG-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
PostgraduateTAS-APH-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
PostgraduateTAS-APH-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
PostgraduateTAS-AWP-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
PostgraduateTAS-AWP-MAS
Master of Professional Accounting
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