MGB133 Managing Strategy
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| Unit code: | MGB133 |
|---|---|
| Equivalent(s): | MGB309, MGX309 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,124 |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,204 |
| International unit fee | $4,512 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | MGB133 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | MGB309, MGX309 |
| Coordinator: | Bernd Irmer | b.irmer@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The purpose of this introductory unit is to provide you with awareness of why organisations exist; how they position and organise themselves with respect to their dynamic capabilities, task environment, and general environment; and what tools managers can use to gather and interpret information to inform strategic plans and decisions. By drawing on a range of real world and hypothetical cases, this unit provides you with a macro-level view of management, focusing on the technical systems side of management activities.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of strategic management through the use of tools and theories to assess sources of competitive advantage and make strategic recommendations. [KS 1.2, HO 2.2]
- Communicate in a professional manner for business audiences. [PC 3.1, 3.2]
- Contribute equitably to team processes and provide constructive feedback to team members on their contributions. [TS 4.2]Relates to: UG Business Capabilities: TS (4.2)
- Identify appropriate socially responsible issues relevant to strategic decision making. [SE 5.2]Relates to: UG Business Capabilities: SE (5.2)
Content
This unit's content includes:
- Strategic analysis: making sense of the external environment and an organisation's capabilities
- Strategic actions on a business, corporate and international level
- Strategy implementation and execution
- Evaluating strategies
- Key theories of strategy, focusing on Dynamic Capabilities
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
This unit examines core strategic management theories and exemplar cases to understand and explore the analysis and integration of critical assumptions and conditions to identify, diagnose, problem solve, and devise strategies.
A combination of lectures and tutorials will allow you to practice making strategic decisions and learning how to successfully assess and interpret strategy for real businesses.
Online introductions:
These serve the purpose of introducing the key concepts of strategic management. By making them available online, it gives you the flexibility to learn at a time that maximises your learning.
Prescribed readings
Key concepts will be reinforced with key readings , with an aim to build on the online introductions and provide additional information and context.
Tutorials:
In a seminar style approach we will further explore the key concepts outlined in the readings and the online introductions and will start translating them into strategic action through cases. Your active participation and preparation is paramount to understanding the importance and impact of strategic decision making.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support your achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities. Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to:
- Receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and
- Demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Environmental Scanning
Acting as a graduate consultant, you will analyse the external and internal environment of the organisation. To do this, you will identify the key success factors that are the major determinants of the financial and competitive success in the organisation's industry, and analyse the case organisation's resources and capabilities to identify its dynamic capabilities. You will present your draft analysis and recommendations to your mentor supervisor.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.2), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Building on feedback from the first assessment and knowledge gained throughout your studies, you will form a team of consultants to consolidate your team's collective environmental scans and then outline strategic recommendations for the organise move forward harnessing their dynamic capabilities.
Your contributions to the team processes will be evaluated at an individual level based on the quality and frequency of your contributions. Your oral presentations skills will also be assessed at the individual level.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): HO (2.2), PC (3.2), TS (4.2), SE (5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
No additional requirements.
Costs
No additional costs.
Resources
There is no prescribed textbook for this unit. Weekly required readings and other audio-visual learning materials will be provided to students via Canvas.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to view the Emergency video.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
HO (2.2): Independent Judgement and Decision-Making
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
KS (1.2): Technical and Technological Skills
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning
PC (3.1): Professional Communication (Written)
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning
PC (3.2): Professional Communication (Oral)
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
SE (5.2): Global Social Responsibility
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
TS (4.2): Teamwork Knowledge and Skills
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Online
| Unit code: | MGB133 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | MGB309, MGX309 |
Overview
The purpose of this introductory unit is to provide you with awareness of why organisations exist; how they position and organise themselves with respect to their dynamic capabilities, task environment, and general environment; and what tools managers can use to gather and interpret information to inform strategic plans and decisions. By drawing on a range of real world and hypothetical cases, this unit provides you with a macro-level view of management, focusing on the technical systems side of management activities.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of strategic management through the use of tools and theories to assess sources of competitive advantage and make strategic recommendations. [KS 1.2, HO 2.2]
- Communicate in a professional manner for business audiences. [PC 3.1, 3.2]
- Contribute equitably to team processes and provide constructive feedback to team members on their contributions. [TS 4.2]Relates to: UG Business Capabilities: TS (4.2)
- Identify appropriate socially responsible issues relevant to strategic decision making. [SE 5.2]Relates to: UG Business Capabilities: SE (5.2)
Content
This unit's content includes:
- Strategic analysis: making sense of the external environment and an organisation's capabilities
- Strategic actions on a business, corporate and international level
- Strategy implementation and execution
- Evaluating strategies
- Key theories of strategy, focusing on Dynamic Capabilities
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
This unit examines core strategic management theories and exemplar cases to understand and explore the analysis and integration of critical assumptions and conditions to identify, diagnose, problem solve, and devise strategies.
A combination of lectures and tutorials will allow you to practice making strategic decisions and learning how to successfully assess and interpret strategy for real businesses.
Online introductions:
These serve the purpose of introducing the key concepts of strategic management. By making them available online, it gives you the flexibility to learn at a time that maximises your learning.
Prescribed readings
Key concepts will be reinforced with key readings , with an aim to build on the online introductions and provide additional information and context.
Tutorials:
In a seminar style approach we will further explore the key concepts outlined in the readings and the online introductions and will start translating them into strategic action through cases. Your active participation and preparation is paramount to understanding the importance and impact of strategic decision making.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support your achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities. Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to:
- Receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and
- Demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Environmental Scanning
Acting as a graduate consultant, you will analyse the external and internal environment of the organisation. To do this, you will identify the key success factors that are the major determinants of the financial and competitive success in the organisation's industry, and analyse the case organisation's resources and capabilities to identify its dynamic capabilities. You will present your draft analysis and recommendations to your mentor supervisor.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.2), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Building on feedback from the first assessment and knowledge gained throughout your studies, you will form a team of consultants to consolidate your team's collective environmental scans and then outline strategic recommendations for the organise move forward harnessing their dynamic capabilities.
Your contributions to the team processes will be evaluated at an individual level based on the quality and frequency of your contributions. Your oral presentations skills will also be assessed at the individual level.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): HO (2.2), PC (3.2), TS (4.2), SE (5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
No additional requirements.
Costs
No additional costs.
Resources
There is no prescribed textbook for this unit. Weekly required readings and other audio-visual learning materials will be provided to students via Canvas.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to view the Emergency video.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
HO (2.2): Independent Judgement and Decision-Making
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
KS (1.2): Technical and Technological Skills
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning
PC (3.1): Professional Communication (Written)
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning
PC (3.2): Professional Communication (Oral)
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
SE (5.2): Global Social Responsibility
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
TS (4.2): Teamwork Knowledge and Skills
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | MGB133 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | MGB309, MGX309 |
| Coordinator: | Bernd Irmer | b.irmer@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The purpose of this introductory unit is to provide you with awareness of why organisations exist; how they position and organise themselves with respect to their dynamic capabilities, task environment, and general environment; and what tools managers can use to gather and interpret information to inform strategic plans and decisions. By drawing on a range of real world and hypothetical cases, this unit provides you with a macro-level view of management, focusing on the technical systems side of management activities.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of strategic management through the use of tools and theories to assess sources of competitive advantage and make strategic recommendations. [KS 1.2, HO 2.2]
- Communicate in a professional manner for business audiences. [PC 3.1, 3.2]
- Contribute equitably to team processes and provide constructive feedback to team members on their contributions. [TS 4.2]Relates to: UG Business Capabilities: TS (4.2)
- Identify appropriate socially responsible issues relevant to strategic decision making. [SE 5.2]Relates to: UG Business Capabilities: SE (5.2)
Content
This unit's content includes:
- Strategic analysis: making sense of the external environment and an organisation's capabilities
- Strategic actions on a business, corporate and international level
- Strategy implementation and execution
- Evaluating strategies
- Key theories of strategy, focusing on Dynamic Capabilities
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
This unit examines core strategic management theories and exemplar cases to understand and explore the analysis and integration of critical assumptions and conditions to identify, diagnose, problem solve, and devise strategies.
A combination of lectures and tutorials will allow you to practice making strategic decisions and learning how to successfully assess and interpret strategy for real businesses.
Online introductions:
These serve the purpose of introducing the key concepts of strategic management. By making them available online, it gives you the flexibility to learn at a time that maximises your learning.
Prescribed readings
Key concepts will be reinforced with key readings , with an aim to build on the online introductions and provide additional information and context.
Tutorials:
In a seminar style approach we will further explore the key concepts outlined in the readings and the online introductions and will start translating them into strategic action through cases. Your active participation and preparation is paramount to understanding the importance and impact of strategic decision making.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support your achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities. Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to:
- Receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and
- Demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Environmental Scanning
Acting as a graduate consultant, you will analyse the external and internal environment of the organisation. To do this, you will identify the key success factors that are the major determinants of the financial and competitive success in the organisation's industry, and analyse the case organisation's resources and capabilities to identify its dynamic capabilities. You will present your draft analysis and recommendations to your mentor supervisor.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.2), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Building on feedback from the first assessment and knowledge gained throughout your studies, you will form a team of consultants to consolidate your team's collective environmental scans and then outline strategic recommendations for the organise move forward harnessing their dynamic capabilities.
Your contributions to the team processes will be evaluated at an individual level based on the quality and frequency of your contributions. Your oral presentations skills will also be assessed at the individual level.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): HO (2.2), PC (3.2), TS (4.2), SE (5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
No additional requirements.
Costs
No additional costs.
Resources
There is no prescribed textbook for this unit. Weekly required readings and other audio-visual learning materials will be provided to students via Canvas.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to view the Emergency video.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
HO (2.2): Independent Judgement and Decision-Making
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
KS (1.2): Technical and Technological Skills
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning
PC (3.1): Professional Communication (Written)
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning
PC (3.2): Professional Communication (Oral)
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
SE (5.2): Global Social Responsibility
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
TS (4.2): Teamwork Knowledge and Skills
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Online
| Unit code: | MGB133 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | MGB309, MGX309 |
Overview
The purpose of this introductory unit is to provide you with awareness of why organisations exist; how they position and organise themselves with respect to their dynamic capabilities, task environment, and general environment; and what tools managers can use to gather and interpret information to inform strategic plans and decisions. By drawing on a range of real world and hypothetical cases, this unit provides you with a macro-level view of management, focusing on the technical systems side of management activities.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of strategic management through the use of tools and theories to assess sources of competitive advantage and make strategic recommendations. [KS 1.2, HO 2.2]
- Communicate in a professional manner for business audiences. [PC 3.1, 3.2]
- Contribute equitably to team processes and provide constructive feedback to team members on their contributions. [TS 4.2]Relates to: UG Business Capabilities: TS (4.2)
- Identify appropriate socially responsible issues relevant to strategic decision making. [SE 5.2]Relates to: UG Business Capabilities: SE (5.2)
Content
This unit's content includes:
- Strategic analysis: making sense of the external environment and an organisation's capabilities
- Strategic actions on a business, corporate and international level
- Strategy implementation and execution
- Evaluating strategies
- Key theories of strategy, focusing on Dynamic Capabilities
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
This unit examines core strategic management theories and exemplar cases to understand and explore the analysis and integration of critical assumptions and conditions to identify, diagnose, problem solve, and devise strategies.
A combination of lectures and tutorials will allow you to practice making strategic decisions and learning how to successfully assess and interpret strategy for real businesses.
Online introductions:
These serve the purpose of introducing the key concepts of strategic management. By making them available online, it gives you the flexibility to learn at a time that maximises your learning.
Prescribed readings
Key concepts will be reinforced with key readings , with an aim to build on the online introductions and provide additional information and context.
Tutorials:
In a seminar style approach we will further explore the key concepts outlined in the readings and the online introductions and will start translating them into strategic action through cases. Your active participation and preparation is paramount to understanding the importance and impact of strategic decision making.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support your achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities. Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to:
- Receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and
- Demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Environmental Scanning
Acting as a graduate consultant, you will analyse the external and internal environment of the organisation. To do this, you will identify the key success factors that are the major determinants of the financial and competitive success in the organisation's industry, and analyse the case organisation's resources and capabilities to identify its dynamic capabilities. You will present your draft analysis and recommendations to your mentor supervisor.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.2), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Building on feedback from the first assessment and knowledge gained throughout your studies, you will form a team of consultants to consolidate your team's collective environmental scans and then outline strategic recommendations for the organise move forward harnessing their dynamic capabilities.
Your contributions to the team processes will be evaluated at an individual level based on the quality and frequency of your contributions. Your oral presentations skills will also be assessed at the individual level.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): HO (2.2), PC (3.2), TS (4.2), SE (5.2)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
No additional requirements.
Costs
No additional costs.
Resources
There is no prescribed textbook for this unit. Weekly required readings and other audio-visual learning materials will be provided to students via Canvas.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to view the Emergency video.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
HO (2.2): Independent Judgement and Decision-Making
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
KS (1.2): Technical and Technological Skills
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning
PC (3.1): Professional Communication (Written)
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning
PC (3.2): Professional Communication (Oral)
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
SE (5.2): Global Social Responsibility
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
TS (4.2): Teamwork Knowledge and Skills
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS05 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
BS06 Bachelor of Business
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment
BS08 Bachelor of Business - International
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning - Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Relates to: ULO1, Environmental Scanning, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Environmental Scanning - Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Dynamic Capabilities Assessment