Unit Content
Outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of organisational purpose and vision.
- Show an advanced ability to complete a comprehensive situational analysis that assists an organisation to formulate its key strategic challenges.
- Identify key factors in design innovation and change.
- Identify key skills required in managing organisational change.
- Compare and contrast analytical, creative and design thinking (and what to apply when).
- Discuss the limitations of planning.
Subject Content
- Introduction to Strategy
- The External Environment
- Resources & Capabilities
- Measuring Performance
- Creating Value
- Gap Analysis
- Strategic Decision Making
- Dynamic Competitive Strategy
- Systems and Structure
- Corporate Strategy
- Acquisitions and Alliances
- International Strategy
- Leadership, People, Culture & Change
This course may be offered in the following formats
- Face to face on site
- E-learning (online)
- Intensive
- Extensive
Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.
Assessment Methods
- Industry and Company Analysis (30%)
- Strategic Plan (35%)
- Forum Post and Response (15%)
- Strategic Thinking Training Plan (20%)
Prescribed Text
- Galvin, Hubbard, G., & Rice, J. R. (2019). Strategic management: thinking, analysis, action (Sixth ed.). Pearson Australia.
Please consult your instructor before purchasing any textbooks.
