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IBUS6000: Advanced International Business Strategy

2025 unit information

This unit brings all the various sub-areas of management together and analyzes the key corporate decisions from the perspective of the CEO. The focus of the unit is the multinational company (MNC) and it aims to show how strategy contributes to the success of the MNC, how it provides overall direction and how it integrates the various activities and decisions of the MNC. Specific emphasis is placed on the behavioral aspects of strategy. Upon completion of the unit, students should be able to identify and analyze the determinants of strategic decisions on a global level. They should be able to describe and evaluate a firm's business and corporate strategy and on this basis develop solutions for strategic dilemmas in real-life situations.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Business (Business School)

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit International Business
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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IBUS6001
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Evaluate and explain concepts, frameworks, and theories in the domain of international business strategy
  • LO2. Critically apply the different business concepts, frameworks, and theories in the domain of international business strategy
  • LO3. Identify, collect, classify, evaluate, and utilize useful information to prepare an international business news flash report
  • LO4. Explain and analyse key problems of MNCs, and conclude with convincing solutions within real-world constraints

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Intensive February 2021
Block mode Remote
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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