• Offered by Research School of Management
  • ANU College ANU College of Business and Economics
  • Classification Transitional
  • Course subject Management
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • David Leaney
    • Dr Alexander Eapen
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2020
    Winter Session 2020
    Second Semester 2020
    Spring Session 2020
    See Future Offerings

All required activities in this course can be completed remotely, but some can be taken remotely or on-campus. Details on Wattle at start of Week 1

The objective of this course is to provide an evidence-based understanding of best practice in strategic management, including business policy and corporate strategy. As a research-led course it will explore a range of strategic management theories.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. define, explain and illustrate a range of strategic management theories;
  2. analyse an organisation’s internal and external strategically relevant environments by applying appropriate theories, models and heuristics;
  3. undertake an applied research project in the field of strategic management;
  4. explain how to apply evidence-based best practice strategy analysis and execution;
  5. demonstrate a critical understanding of strategic management theories and current empirical research associated with the topics covered in this course; and,
  6. communicate effectively in oral and written forms about strategic management theories and their application using appropriate concepts, logic and rhetorical conventions.

Indicative Assessment

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In response to COVID-19: Please note that Semester 2 Class Summary information (available under the classes tab) is as up to date as possible. Changes to Class Summaries not captured by this publication will be available to enrolled students via Wattle. 

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Workload

Students taking this course in First or Second Semester are expected to commit at least 10 hours per week to completing the work. This will include 3 hours per week in class and at least 7 hours a week on average on course reading, research, writing and assessment work.

Where this course is offered in intensive delivery mode as a continuous block over a shorter period of time, the expected total time commitment for this course will be 130 hours.

 

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have successfully completed BUSI7280, MGMT7020, MGMT7250 and MKTG7260, or by permission of the Research School of Management (enquiries.rsm@anu.edu.au)

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
3
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $4500
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $6000
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.

The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2597 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person View
4853 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 Online N/A

Winter Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Taught in China in Chinese
6246 13 Jul 2020 17 Jul 2020 24 Jul 2020 07 Aug 2020 In Person N/A

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
8278 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person View
MBA
8476 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person View

Spring Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Taught in China in the Mandarin language
9574 12 Oct 2020 16 Oct 2020 16 Oct 2020 02 Nov 2020 In Person N/A

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