MMS736 - Strategic Management
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Jordan Bakhsh |
| Prerequisite: | Must pass 6 credit points from MMS702, MMS703, MMS704, MMS711, MMS712, MMS714, MLC710, MPA702, MPE781. |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1.5 hour class, 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 1.5 hour class, 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week (recordings provided) |
Content
This unit provides students with the skills and knowledge applicable to the process of planning for an organisation's future. Key elements of strategic management will be considered including planning, environmental analysis, strategy formulation, strategy implementation and control. The unit will assess the strategic management cycle and decision-making processes utilised in considering alternatives, choice and the evaluation of strategy as it applies to sporting organisations. It will also include case study analysis of national and international sport and non-sport organisations. Links between decision-making, leadership, culture and ethical behaviour in relation to strategy formulation will also be examined.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Reflect upon and synthesise learnings and relate them to the contemporary strategic management of sport organisations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Evaluate the use of strategic management concepts and theories to develop considered solutions to problems faced by modern sport organisations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Identify and analyse the interdependencies between leadership, decision making, culture, and ethical behaviour in relation to strategy formulation and implementation. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Utilise integrated strategic analysis to problem-solve and critically analyse sport and non-sport organisations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual) | 2000 words | 40% | Weeks 6 |
| Assessment 2: (Individual) Report (Research) | 4000 words | 60% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MMS736 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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