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SMBA6008: Managing in a Digital World
2025 unit information
Digital technology, and the fourth industrial revolution, are changing the world around us, providing both opportunities and new challenges for businesses. Given its outsized impact, there is a need to critically evaluate the main assumptions that underlie how technology is understood and employed by managers and society. With a strong emphasis on the role of emerging technologies for the future of business, this unit equips students with a balanced understanding of the nature and role of technology in organisations, and enables them to manage more effectively in an increasingly digital world. Topics covered in this unit are current technological developments, such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, the role of data and knowledge in management, the future of work, and digital transformation, among others. Learning involves hands-on in-class activities, dialectical analysis, and classroom discussions and debates.
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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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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SMBA6001 |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate a refined understanding of the complex inter-relationships among digital technology, knowledge and people in organisations.
- LO2. Critically question and respond to the main assumptions and debates that underlie our common understanding of digital technology in business.
- LO3. Examine in a critical manner contemporary digital technology trends and their opportunities and challenges for organisations and people.
- LO4. Effectively analyse, and positively influence others regarding the business, ethical, social and societal effects of new emerging technologies.
Unit availability
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Intensive January - February 2024
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Block mode | Castlereagh St, Sydney | |
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MBA Session 2 2024
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Normal evening | Castlereagh St, Sydney |
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Intensive January 2025
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Block mode | Castlereagh St, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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Intensive October 2025
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Normal evening | Castlereagh St, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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