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Last updated: 4 June 2021
Must pass 6 credit points from MMS702, MMS703, MMS704, MMS711, MMS712, MMS714, MLC710, MPA702, MPE781.
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1.5 hour class, 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week
Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 1.5 hour class, 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week (recordings provided)
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.
Reflect upon and synthesise learnings and relate them to the contemporary strategic management of sport organizations.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
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 capabilitiesGLO5: Problem solving
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 capabilitiesGLO8: Global citizenship
ULO4
Apply teamwork and collaborative decision-making strategies to develop and justify solutions.
GLO7: Teamwork
ULO5
Utilise integrated strategic analysis to problem-solve and critically analyse sport and non-sport organisations.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment 1 - Project (Online simulation)
1A (Group of 5): Performance in Business Strategy game simulation1B (Individual): Quiz (x10)
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.
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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