Strategic Management

Description

This subject provides an integrative learning experience and affords students the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge acquired in previous subjects in a coherent way to solve business problems. In a business strategy simulation students are required to make decisions, assess outcomes, and compete with other management teams for resources, opportunities and markets. Each team develops a strategy for its firm and applies the subject’s concepts and frameworks, as well as the concepts and frameworks acquired in other subjects. In the process, students will discover the interaction of a firm’s production, marketing, research and development, human resources, and financial operations and observe the impact of key decisions on business performance within a competitive market. Teaching Period: 6 January 2026 to 16 February 2026 Assessment Information: Description Timing Percentage Capstone Simulation Preparation Test 500 words (equivalent) First half of the teaching period 5% Capstone Simulation (groups of 4-5), approximately 5 hours work per week across semester 40 hours (of work required) Second half of the teaching period 5% Capstone Strategy Statement (groups of 4-5) 1200 words Mid semester 5% Capstone Board Report (groups of 4-5) 5000 words End of semester 35% End of semester Exam 2 hours During the examination period 50%