Course Title: Strategy

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Strategy

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM3255	City Campus	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 2 2006, Spring2006, Sem 2 2007, Sem 2 2008, Spring2008, Sem 2 2009, Spring2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 2 2010, Spring2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 2 2011, Spring2011, Sem 2 2012, Spring2012, Sem 2 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 2 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Spring2015, PGRDFlex16, Sem 2 2016, Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024, Sem 2 2024
BUSM3256	RMIT University Vietnam	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Viet1 2007, Viet2 2007, Viet3 2007, Viet1 2008, Viet2 2008, Viet3 2008, Viet1 2009, Viet2 2009, Viet3 2009, Viet1 2010, Viet2 2010, Viet3 2010, Viet1 2011, Viet2 2011, Viet3 2011, Viet1 2012, Viet2 2012, Viet3 2012, Viet1 2013, Viet3 2013, Viet2 2014, Viet1 2016, Viet2 2016, Viet3 2016, Viet2 2018, Viet3 2018, Viet1 2019, Viet2 2019, Viet3 2019, Viet1 2020, Viet3 2020, Viet2 2021, Viet2 2022, Viet1 2023, Viet3 2023, Viet1 2024, Viet3 2024
BUSM4006	RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Viet2 2008, Viet1 2020, Viet1 2021, Viet1 2022, Viet1 2023, Viet1 2024
BUSM4350	Open Learning Australia	Non Award	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Distance / Correspondence	OUAS2PG19, OUAS2PG20

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM4738	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JulDec2019 (XXXX)
BUSM4738	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JanJun2020 (KP2)
BUSM4738	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JulDec2020 (KP5)
BUSM4738	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JanJun2021 (KP2)
BUSM4738	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JulDec2021 (KP5)
BUSM4738	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JanJun2022 (KP2), JanJun2022 (All)
BUSM4738	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JulDec2022 (KP5)
BUSM4738	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JulDec2023 (KP5), JulDec2023 (All)

Course Coordinator: Tim O'Shannassy

Course Coordinator Phone: +613 9925 0111

Course Coordinator Email: Tim.OShannassy@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Building 13

Course Coordinator Availability: By Appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study
050974 - Design Thinking for Business (BUSM4534/BUSM4535 or equivalent course code)
 

Course Description

Strategy is a course designed to expose you to a strategic perspective on issues that concern an organization as a whole. The course draws on and integrates concepts from most of the other MBA courses which focus on specific areas of operating a business i.e. functional areas of marketing, finance, accounting, human resource management, operations management) and uses these insights to aid in the development of novel and competitive solutions to complex business problems and opportunities. The course covers the evolution of the field of strategy and the need to balance strategy process, content and context.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

1. Apply business concepts and the tools of strategic analysis to develop a strategy plan for a business
2. Understand how to create a sustainable competitive strategy for an organisation
3. Develop strategy alternatives helped by design thinking, to facilitate creativity, problem solving, change and innovation
4. Demonstrate an understanding of legal, ethical social, economic and environmental implications of strategy process and practice

Overview of Learning Activities

In this course you will be encouraged to be an active learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and online activities comprising individual and group work. These may include quizzes; assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing, researching and analysing specific information; solving problems; conducting presentations; producing written work and collaborating with peers on set tasks or projects.

Overview of Learning Resources

Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.

Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.

Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period. 

Overview of Assessment

The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:

Assessment Task 1: 20%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4

Assessment Task 2: 30%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4

Assessment Task 3: 50%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4

Feedback for in-course assessment tasks will normally be provided within 10 working days of the deadline for submission of the assessment work or, if a student is granted an extension, within 10 working days of the date when the student submitted the work. 

In the case of final assessment tasks, feedback may not occur within 10 working days but will normally be available when the College of Business releases the final grades.