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FMBA5005: Strategies for Growth
2025 unit information
This unit examines how organisations can develop and reshape their strategies to enable growth in a context of changing technology, business models and market structures. Topics covered include positioning for growth through external analysis, building competitive advantage through internal analysis, growing through effective corporate strategy, dealing proactively with strategic risk and uncertainty, and building strategic agility through business model innovation. This unit provides students with an opportunity to gain practical experience in applying relevant concepts, techniques, and frameworks to real-world situations, in order to generate innovative strategic responses to dynamic market conditions.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Business (Business School)
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Management Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Corequisites:
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SMBA6002 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. comprehend and apply a variety of tools and approaches related to strategy formulation and implementation
- LO2. evaluate organisational strategies and propose solutions for strategic issues in a variety of business contexts and industries
- LO3. critique and understand the limitations of strategy concepts
- LO4. explore ways that ethical and socially responsible elements might be integrated into strategy formulation and implementation
- LO5. effectively communicate about strategic issues.
Unit availability
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MBA Session 1 2024
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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MBA Session 1 2024
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Block mode | Castlereagh St, Sydney |
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MBA Session 1 2025
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Block mode | Castlereagh St, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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